1 . I grew up in a poor family with a group of adopted kids, my father and a wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of _________ and attention. I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still _________ a dream.

My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and hit anything moving on the field. I was also _________ to have Ollie Jarvis as my high-school coach, who not only _________ me but taught me how to be confident. One particular incident with Jarvis _________ my life forever.

It was the summer holiday in senior two and a friend _________ me for a summer job. This meant a _________ for money in my pocket, and the start of _________ for a house for my mother. The summer job was _________ , and I wanted to jump at the opportunity.

Then I realized I would have to __________ summer baseball training to handle the work schedule. I was __________ about telling my coach, and I pressed myself with the __________ on the dilemma from the mother, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.”

When I told Jarvis, he was as mad as expected. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, “but your playing days are __________. You can’t afford to waste them. ”

I stood with my head hanging, trying to explain why my __________ of buying mom a house and having money __________ his disappointment in me. He asked me about the money I would make at the job. __________ , he said, “Is $3. 25 an hour the price of a dream?”

That question made me __________ the difference between wanting something __________ and having a long-term goal. I __________ myself to baseball training, and within the year I was offered a $20,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I __________ it since I already had a baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona. I signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1984 for $1. 7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dream.

1.

A．love

B．influence

C．mercy

D．reward

2.

A．share

B．interpret

C．afford

D．appreciate

3.

A．ambitious

B．lucky

C．admirable

D．impressive

4.

A．concentrated on

B．consulted with

C．believed in

D．approved of

5.

A．challenged

B．satisfied

C．disturbed

D．transformed

6.

A．recommended

B．blamed

C．supported

D．acknowledged

7.

A．schedule

B．decision

C．chance

D．desire

8.

A．arrangements

B．savings

C．searches

D．choices

9.

A．inspiring

B．convincing

C．demanding

D．appealing

10.

A．accelerate

B．abandon

C．adjust

D．accomplish

11.

A．anxious

B．certain

C．content

D．angry

12.

A．intention

B．principle

C．expectation

D．advice

13.

A．random

B．special

C．limited

D．permanent

14.

A．imagination

B．dream

C．faith

D．pressure

15.

A．deserved

B．reflected

C．avoided

D．confirmed

16.

A．Delightedly

B．Hurriedly

C．Casually

D．Seriously

17.

A．seek

B．overlook

C．realize

D．stress

18.

A．right now

B．so far

C．on occasion

D．in future

19.

A．submitted

B．committed

C．adapted

D．reduced

20.

A．considered

B．received

C．advocated

D．declined

2 . Coffee shops are cool，but in Wilmington，Bitty & Beau’s Coffee enjoys a good reputation for its warmth.

At the heart of the shop’s popularity is its ____ staff：Almost everyone has an intellectual(智力的)or developmental disability.

The coffee shop was opened in 2016 by Amy Wright and her husband， ___ by two of her four children Beau and Bitty，who have Down syndrome(唐氏症).

When the couple discovered that most people with intellectual and developmental disabilities could never find an employer who would even give them a(n)   __ ，they resolved’to do something about it.

“It ____ me like a flash of lightning：a coffee shop!”Wright said. “It would be the perfect environment for bringing people together. Seeing the staff ____ customers at the door，preparing food，serving orders and cleaning tables，people would realize how   ___ they are. ”

When the shop opened，it immediately had ____ out the door. National press attention __，and six months later，it had to move to a   __   space.

Today，the store employs 40 people with disabilities，who are really good at their jobs.

What makes Amy most proud is the ____ it has built in the community. “Every day，people say，‘You’ve made my day. Thank you. ’That’s a feeling of happiness most people don’t get elsewhere，and it's what ____ people back here，”she said. “This is a place where people can   __   with those with disabilities and realize how much more alike we are than different. It’s   ___ a cup of coffee. It's a human rights movement. It's given our employees the respect and a sense of being ____ that they deserve. For many employees，it's their first job，and their ____ fills the air. ”

1.

A．professional

B．unique

C．active

D．talented

2.

A．accompanied

B．controlled

C．impressed

D．inspired

3.

A．interview

B．appointment

C．reason

D．invitation

4.

A．moved

B．encouraged

C．struck

D．affected

5.

A．greeting

B．observing

C．gathering

D．finding

6.

A．capable

B．generous

C．reliable

D．considerate

7.

A．waiters

B．activities

C．1ines

D．guards

8.

A．agreed

B．continued

C．responded

D．followed

9.

A．farther

B．1arger

C．quieter

D．nearer

10.

A．background

B．balance

C．bridge

D．tradition

11.

A．holds

B．calls

C．forces

D．draws

12.

A．interact

B．discuss

C．play

D．work

13.

A．nothing but

B．far from

C．above all

D．more than

14.

A．admired

B．valued

C．separated

D．protected

15.

A．ambition

B．humor

C．joy

D．patience

3 . What no one ever tells college students is how little they’ll be prepared for the real world. Many graduates will not get the _________ they wanted and the one they do get will be different from what they dreamed about.

After graduating, I packed my bags and headed _________ to the big city for a well paying job with good potential (潜力). I hoped this would be my _________ to expand my professional experience and figure out what I was supposed to do with my life.

But I was _________ . Before I knew it, I was swept into the entry level job world: long hours before a_________, service calls from rude customers and repetitive work I wasn’t _________in. Having studied Psychology, English, and Sociology, I was supposed to be working in a job that _________ me to use my passion, not to _________ it. This was not at all what I had_________. So I decided to hand in my __________ .

Two weeks later I __________again and moved back to my college town. I found a full time job working with kids with special needs and began a part time __________ career. And I found out special needs kids are the greatest and that writing is__________and easy.

The key to __________ may very well be doing what you love. What you need to do is just to follow your heart and make a __________ to bring back your joy.

1.

A．honor

B．job

C．qualification

D．award

2.

A．eagerly

B．secretly

C．discouragedly

D．unwillingly

3.

A．wish

B．experiment

C．opportunity

D．right

4.

A．realistic

B．responsible

C．incorrect

D．sensitive

5.

A．picture

B．mirror

C．house

D．screen

6.

A．lost

B．stuck

C．experienced

D．interested

7.

A．forced

B．allowed

C．reminded

D．persuaded

8.

A．appreciate

B．ignore

C．share

D．forgive

9.

A．dreamed

B．found

C．stood

D．paid

10.

A．notice

B．offer

C．suggestion

D．conclusion

11.

A．hesitated

B．escaped

C．packed

D．graduated

12.

A．educating

B．marketing

C．drawing

D．writing

13.

A．cheap

B．smooth

C．boring

D．tough

14.

A．wealth

B．friendship

C．happiness

D．teamwork

15.

A．decision

B．call

C．wish

D．style

4 . “Daily Star, sir,” called Jason, carrying some news-papers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ____ left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ____. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers ____ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ____ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ____ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the ____ of selling papers. You must shout, ‘Hot news! Bomb bursting!’” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “____ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly ____ they have time to see, and you’ll ____ out and get your money,” Chad said.

It was a new ____ to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ____ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was ____ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ____ a poor newsboy, he had been ____ some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ____. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ____ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ____ money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ____ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder ____, “You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ____. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

1.

A．shops

B．coins

C．people

D．papers

2.

A．open

B．heavy

C．pure

D．weak

3.

A．instead of

B．in return for

C．regardless of

D．in exchange for

4.

A．cup

B．card

C．comb

D．cake

5.

A．gave in

B．broke down

C．got away

D．showed up

6.

A．difficulty

B．process

C．goal

D．secret

7.

A．And

B．But

C．For

D．So

8.

A．before

B．since

C．though

D．unless

9.

A．call

B．drop

C．sell

D．reach

10.

A．edition

B．idea

C．policy

D．task

11.

A．bread

B．insects

C．seeds

D．water

12.

A．concerned

B．amazed

C．excited

D．determined

13.

A．still

B．already

C．just

D．also

14.

A．taught

B．handed

C．awarded

D．allowed

15.

A．at once

B．by chance

C．as usual

D．on purpose

16.

A．proud

B．gentle

C．warm

D．polite

17.

A．borrowed

B．lost

C．made

D．saved

18.

A．laughed

B．shouted

C．nodded

D．stared

19.

A．bravely

B．gratefully

C．fondly

D．modestly

20.

A．duty

B．business

C．job

D．method

6 . An entire American town gathered together to buy a new car for Peters, a pizza deliveryman for 31 years. They wanted to give him an incredible_________

Though it may be not a_________career, Peters knows he’s_________his suited position. “There were people in my family that were like, maybe you should consider your_________stability a little more,” he said. “But it’s my purpose in life-trying to make people_________. You know, when you’re delivering to somebody, you may be the only face they_________all day. ”

Whenever folks saw Peters and his 28 -year -old Oldsmobile_________their way, they knew they would be served with a_________. Langley, one of Peters’ longtime_________customers said, “He’s a very__________individual. We call him ‘Mr. Smiley. ’ Learning that, he turned to the community to__________Peters. It would guarantee he __________ his appointed routine.

Within three days they__________$19,000，enough to buy Peters a new car to see him through a lot more

__________. It felt almost like a__________when he first learned his loyal customers were__________a car to him. He’ll remember the awesome experience for the rest of his life. He’s simply__________. He just hopes that all those who made this happen will be__________.

Every time the guy__________his loyal customers with a smile，so the community’s generous show of gratitude came as no surprise. “That’s the type of__________he has on people,” Langley, who’s been having pizzas delivered by Peters for 20 years，said.

1.

A．order

B．award

C．service

D．position

2.

A．secure

B．tough

C．brief

D．proper

3.

A．defended

B．strengthened

C．found

D．kept

4.

A．mental

B．social

C．physical

D．financial

5.

A．happy

B．strong

C．familiar

D．energetic

6.

A．know

B．see

C．remember

D．need

7.

A．nodding

B．clearing

C．heading

D．choosing

8.

A．smile

B．prize

C．surprise

D．discount

9.

A．big

B．new

C．potential

D．regular

10.

A．talented

B．kindhearted

C．sensitive

D．innocent

11.

A．comfort

B．employ

C．help

D．invite

12.

A．keep up

B．break down

C．put off

D．work out

13.

A．earned

B．paid

C．borrowed

D．raised

14.

A．performances

B．deliveries

C．projects

D．challenges

15.

A．story

B．coincidence

C．dream

D．joke

16.

A．lending

B．renting

C．supplying

D．gifting

17.

A．grateful

B．hopeful

C．inspired

D．satisfied

18.

A．relaxed

B．blessed

C．excited

D．trusted

19.

A．persuades

B．rewards

C．serves

D．amuses

20.

A．expectation

B．dependence

C．mercy

D．influence

7 . Growing up, Mychal Threets fell in love with reading at Fairfield Civic Center Library (FCCL) in California. Now, at age 33, he is the supervising librarian of FCCL and has gained a _________ of more than 650,000 people who _________ watching the videos he posts about libraries on social media.

Threets was mostly home schooled by his mother. They spent hours at FCCL each day, so it became a _________ to him, he said. But he didn’t see many people who looked like him employed there and didn’t consider _________ a librarian until age 23, when he was hired to shelve _________ at a different Fairfield library. That’s when “my librarian _________ began,” he said. Threets took librarian education courses and worked his way up to the _________ he now holds.

About two years ago, he began _________ what he calls his “library joy” on TikTok and Instagram. He posts videos about being a librarian as well as _________ on using a library card, book recommendations, and stories about children who have discovered their love of __________ at the library.

Although the attention he receives for his posts can feel __________ at times, Threets is mostly encouraged that he has been accomplishing his goal. “I ought to __________ people how cool libraries are and how much library workers __________ their communities,” he said.

The __________ he has for young people is to remember to visit their own local library. When life gets tough, Threets said, you can always find a __________ in there.

1.

A．review

B．copy

C．following

D．checking

2.

A．consider

B．allow

C．practise

D．enjoy

3.

A．home

B．burden

C．wonder

D．community

4.

A．hiring

B．becoming

C．training

D．remaining

5.

A．groceries

B．tapes

C．supplies

D．books

6.

A．project

B．journey

C．adventure

D．hobby

7.

A．weight

B．position

C．record

D．energy

8.

A．sharing

B．producing

C．selling

D．pursuing

9.

A．reports

B．lectures

C．tips

D．debates

10.

A．hiding

B．laboring

C．meeting

D．reading

11.

A．incredible

B．stressful

C．delightful

D．impossible

12.

A．favor

B．warn

C．remind

D．justify

13.

A．care about

B．benefit from

C．depend on

D．defend for

14.

A．news

B．rule

C．deadline

D．message

15.

A．success

B．comfort

C．guilt

D．shock

8 . “Nobody else knows what they are doing either.” I read this quote about six years ago when I was in college．

I lived through college life without any _________. When professors said it was time to hand in my homework, I handed it in. When I was told that I hadn’t enough _________ to get my degree, I studied hard to _________ examinations to complete several courses．

One day, I was having dinner with some classmates. One said suddenly, “I plan to buy a _________ within three years after graduation.”

I almost _________, “Really? Do you know how _________ it is to buy one house?”

He said leisurely, “Mortgage (抵押贷款).”

Another added, “Great! I _________ to pass the examination of Chartered Financial Analyst and get the certificate within five years after graduation.”

I just seemed to hear something _________.

I _________ like this way. I worked at a bar. Unhappily! Every day, I got up hurriedly and got on the bus to work. After work, I slept, again and again. I didn’t know why I led such a __________ life that I had __________ wanted, and where my life would __________.

Like 90% of my peers, I still had no __________ what I wanted to do with my life or who I wanted to become. At the exact same time Instagram (一款社交软件) was becoming really big. I started __________ bloggers and world travelers who seemed to have it all together. How had they __________ it out? What had they been given that I hadn’t?

We were totally __________; the only thing __________ us was that they had plans or __________, and they had taken action. All of a sudden, I came down to earth, __________ that if I took things into my own hands, I would figure it out. I began to think my __________ and just do something. Then three years later, I became a freelance writer.

1.

A．experiences

B．concerns

C．failures

D．tests

2.

A．grades

B．credits

C．achievements

D．missions

3.

A．prepare

B．sit

C．pass

D．read

4.

A．car

B．school

C．pet

D．house

5.

A．approved

B．denied

C．quieted

D．choked

6.

A．hard

B．fantastic

C．realistic

D．important

7.

A．manage

B．expect

C．learn

D．rush

8.

A．funny

B．normal

C．real

D．inspiring

9.

A．moved

B．succeeded

C．graduated

D．dreamed

10.

A．meaningful

B．fruitful

C．economical

D．miserable

11.

A．never

B．formally

C．clearly

D．always

12.

A．end

B．begin

C．change

D．lead

13.

A．direction

B．trip

C．idea

D．effort

14.

A．questioning

B．following

C．understanding

D．contacting

15.

A．figured

B．shown

C．thought

D．printed

16.

A．different

B．calm

C．unique

D．equal

17.

A．separating

B．freeing

C．connecting

D．warning

18.

A．sponsors

B．aims

C．courses

D．faults

19.

A．searching

B．remembering

C．realizing

D．doubting

20.

A．misfortunes

B．friends

C．advantages

D．stories

9 . Jack Ma is known as one of the richest Chinese. _________, he was not born rich. He grew up at a time when China was _________ from the world, and like every family in China, his family didn’t have _________ when they were young.

As a child, Ma had _________ just like any other kid. He liked collecting crickets(蟋蟀)and making them fight. Without money, the only way Ma could change his life was through _________. After high school, he _________ to go to college, but failed the entrance exam _________. After a great deal of studying, he finally passed on the third try, going on to _________ Hangzhou Teachers College. He _________ from college in 1988 and started applying to as many jobs as he could.

He received more than a dozen __________, including from KFC. But he didn’t give up trying and finally was employed as an English __________. Ma loved his students, though he only made 80 yuan a month at a local university.

Ma had no experience with the __________, which was not very accessible to most Chinese, but he was __________ the Internet when he used it for the first time in 1995. Ma’s first online search was “beer”, but he was __________ to find that no Chinese beers turned up in the results. It was then __________ he decided to found an internet company for China. That was the first step to his future.

1.

A．Therefore

B．Fortunately

C．However

D．Thus

2.

A．closed

B．different

C．remote

D．isolated

3.

A．money

B．relatives

C．friends

D．changes

4.

A．tasks

B．hobbies

C．jobs

D．qualities

5.

A．education

B．work

C．luck

D．view

6.

A．applied

B．deserved

C．succeeded

D．failed

7.

A．once

B．often

C．twice

D．seldom

8.

A．attend

B．leave

C．quit

D．start

9.

A．continued

B．presented

C．introduced

D．graduated

10.

A．admissions

B．opportunities

C．rejections

D．invitations

11.

A．engineer

B．headmaster

C．teacher

D．worker

12.

A．company

B．computer

C．business

D．competition

13.

A．disappointed with

B．crazy about

C．addicted to

D．skeptical about

14.

A．surprised

B．excited

C．desperate

D．helpless

15.

A．when

B．where

C．that

D．how

10 . When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of lonely self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a(n) _______ at all. This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close _______ relationships at work. So much research has explored the way in which collegial（同事的）ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues _______ productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining anger, and more.

Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a _______ of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without _______ to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of "indifferent relationships", a simple term that summarizes the fact that relationships at work can _______ be non-interpersonal, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially _______ among those who value independence over cooperation, and harmony over confrontation. Indifference is also the _______ option among those who are socially lazy. Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort, which, for some of us, is much too _______.

As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most ________ approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work. But there are nevertheless several apparently proven benefits. One of those is ________. Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning(产出).

The other is ________. As human beings, we're programmed to compare ourselves to each other in what is an anxiety-causing phenomenon. Apparently, we look down on acquaintances(泛泛之交)more so than friends. Since the former is very common among those ________ to indifferent relationships, their predominance can promote individuals' sense of self-worth.

Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional ________ of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information. None of that might be as ________ as after-work socializing but, hey, I'll take it anyway.

1.

A．burden

B．priority

C．obligation

D．coincidence

2.

A．short-term

B．contractual

C．shallow

D．interpersonal

3.

A．affecting

B．enhancing

C．measuring

D．restoring

4.

A．cause

B．credit

C．consequence

D．realization

5.

A．tending

B．needing

C．promising

D．hesitating

6.

A．peculiarly

B．interestingly

C．reasonably

D．decisively

7.

A．dominant

B．rare

C．constructive

D．intense

8.

A．preferred

B．compulsory

C．available

D．likely

9.

A．engaging

B．casual

C．demanding

D．effortless

10.

A．traditional

B．cautious

C．flexible

D．helpful

11.

A．image

B．efficiency

C．profit

D．expansion

12.

A．self-respect

B．self-improvement

C．self-evaluation

D．self-control

13.

A．resistant

B．unique

C．open

D．essential

14.

A．feature

B．neutrality

C．reaction

D．conflict

15.

A．exhausting

B．meaningful

C．fun

D．popular