1 . In my professional life I am fortunate to have acquired some skills that I find I am able to use even though I’ve retired．
Last week while at church in the morning，I met a____ that had just moved to our state. Unfortunately they were robbed shortly after their ____ ．and had the valuable belongings with all their ____ papers stolen．A very kind person in the neighborhood had ____ them in，but the family had very little ____ ，no transportation，and no ____ to enroll(注册)their son in school without the paperwork．
Enrolling that little boy in school____ to be the highest priority for the family. But the school district was playing hardball with them with no _____ for them．They had gone to the library to ____ how to replace this paperwork，but they found they could not ____ the fees to replace the items quickly．
Because of my background as a(n)_____ administrator and my computer skills，I was able to research for them online how to ____ ．the needed documents at low cost with only a slight delay．I was able to speak with them____ and positively about the process and explain that waiting the few ____ days would make very little _____ in getting their little guy enrolled and attending school again．They told me they ____ my taking the time to sit down with them and help them see the“forest for the trees”，for they had felt _____ with what initially had seemed the impossibility of their situation．
Taking the time to____ my skills and “be present’’ with them had truly helped them regain some of the____ they had come to our city with when they moved—____ a better 1ife．1.
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| A．invent | B．protect | C．design | D．replace |
| A．coldly | B．shyly | C．calmly | D．wildly |
| A．exact | B．proper | C．extra | D．final |
| A．sense | B．difference | C．room | D．use |
| A．disliked | B．considered | C．insisted | D．appreciated |
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| A．use | B．pass | C．take | D．get |
| A．spirit | B．task | C．hope | D．sense |
| A．putting in | B．making | C．taking up | D．looking for |
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2 . I have happy memories of trips to Europe, but my trip to Romania (罗马尼亚) was unique. When I was there as recalled, it was like being in a “James Bond” movie. My husband was born there, but his family sent him to study in Italy. Before he left, his mother told him, “As long as I write in pencil, don’t come back. When I write to you in pen, it’s safe to return.” But she never wrote in pen.
My husband lived a poor life in Italy. He applied to go to America, but there was a limit in number and he was rejected. He was accepted by Canada, though, and from Calgary he jumped onto a train to San Francisco. There he stayed —illegally. He became a US citizen when we got married. By then he was a charming European with a Romanian accent and the manners of a prince.
With seven years’ experience in America, a US passport, and two children later, he felt it was safe to visit Romania. He hadn’t seen his mother, two sisters, and two brothers since he was sixteen. We flew to Munich, Germany; picked up the German-made car we had purchased in the States; and drove to Romania via Austria and Hungary. When we reached Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, his family was waiting outside his sister’s house to greet us. After a long time of hugging, kissing, and crying, his family also hugged me, the American wife with two young children. They had great interest in me. Few Americans visited Romania at that time, and most Romanians had little chance to travel. I had brought an English-Romanian dictionary with me and managed to communicate, using only nouns, with no verbs. My Romanian improved, and the family’s stock of English words increased, but mostly I spoke in broken, New York-accented Romanian. The sisters loved their gifts of skirts and purses, the brothers loved the radios, and the children loved the candy. We made side trips to the Black Sea and enjoyed sightseeing in beautiful mountains. Dining at outdoor cafes to the music of violins was fantastic with fancy flavor, but nothing was as special as family dinners.
Romania didn’t have many dry cleaners. Most homes had old-fashioned washing machines but no dryers, and it was a hot summer. My husband’s relatives didn’t want to risk dirtying their clothes. Their solution was as simple as it was shocking: the women only wore their bras(胸罩) and slips (衬裙) at dinner table. The men were eating without shirts. They all had jobs, so time was precious. Having dinner without proper clothes was a small inconvenience compared with the effort of washing clothes —at least in my husband’s home, perhaps all across Romania. I, of course, having just met them, ate fully clothed. I washed my clothes by hand and hung them outdoors to dry.
On the last night of our three-week stay, we had a large family dinner. I was tired of washing my clothes. So I pulled my dress over my head and placed it on the chair behind me. All men and women applauded for my action. Even with my poor Romanian, I understood that they were saying, “She’s part of our family now.”
My children were 4 and 5 at the time, but they still have memories of that trip. They know how to say, “Good morning.” and “There are apricots (杏子) on the tree.” I can still say, “Do you speak Romanian?”and “I swim in the Black Sea.” But most of all, I remember sitting at a long dining-room table in my bra, enjoying meatballs with fresh garlic (大蒜).
1. From Para. 1, we learn that ________.
2. The writer’s husband became an American citizen through ________.
3. During the writer’s trip in Romania, she ________.
4. What made the writer feel special about the family dinner in Romania?
5. The writer was completely accepted by her husband’s family when ________.
6. The writer shared her story to say ________.
My husband lived a poor life in Italy. He applied to go to America, but there was a limit in number and he was rejected. He was accepted by Canada, though, and from Calgary he jumped onto a train to San Francisco. There he stayed —illegally. He became a US citizen when we got married. By then he was a charming European with a Romanian accent and the manners of a prince.
With seven years’ experience in America, a US passport, and two children later, he felt it was safe to visit Romania. He hadn’t seen his mother, two sisters, and two brothers since he was sixteen. We flew to Munich, Germany; picked up the German-made car we had purchased in the States; and drove to Romania via Austria and Hungary. When we reached Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, his family was waiting outside his sister’s house to greet us. After a long time of hugging, kissing, and crying, his family also hugged me, the American wife with two young children. They had great interest in me. Few Americans visited Romania at that time, and most Romanians had little chance to travel. I had brought an English-Romanian dictionary with me and managed to communicate, using only nouns, with no verbs. My Romanian improved, and the family’s stock of English words increased, but mostly I spoke in broken, New York-accented Romanian. The sisters loved their gifts of skirts and purses, the brothers loved the radios, and the children loved the candy. We made side trips to the Black Sea and enjoyed sightseeing in beautiful mountains. Dining at outdoor cafes to the music of violins was fantastic with fancy flavor, but nothing was as special as family dinners.
Romania didn’t have many dry cleaners. Most homes had old-fashioned washing machines but no dryers, and it was a hot summer. My husband’s relatives didn’t want to risk dirtying their clothes. Their solution was as simple as it was shocking: the women only wore their bras(胸罩) and slips (衬裙) at dinner table. The men were eating without shirts. They all had jobs, so time was precious. Having dinner without proper clothes was a small inconvenience compared with the effort of washing clothes —at least in my husband’s home, perhaps all across Romania. I, of course, having just met them, ate fully clothed. I washed my clothes by hand and hung them outdoors to dry.
On the last night of our three-week stay, we had a large family dinner. I was tired of washing my clothes. So I pulled my dress over my head and placed it on the chair behind me. All men and women applauded for my action. Even with my poor Romanian, I understood that they were saying, “She’s part of our family now.”
My children were 4 and 5 at the time, but they still have memories of that trip. They know how to say, “Good morning.” and “There are apricots (杏子) on the tree.” I can still say, “Do you speak Romanian?”and “I swim in the Black Sea.” But most of all, I remember sitting at a long dining-room table in my bra, enjoying meatballs with fresh garlic (大蒜).
1. From Para. 1, we learn that ________.
| A．a trip to Europe would be dangerous |
| B．the mother didn’t want to see her son |
| C．Romania might be unsafe at that time |
| D．the mother didn’t like to write in pen |
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| C．illegal stay | D．marriage |
| A．bought a new German-made car |
| B．had little interest in the relatives |
| C．used a new language with effort |
| D．enjoyed the mountain sights best |
| A．The way people dressed . |
| B．The way people spoke. |
| C．The fantastic violin music. |
| D．The fancy food flavor. |
| A．she offered gifts to the whole family |
| B．she spoke her husband’s language |
| C．she washed all the clothes by hand |
| D．she had dinner in bra like other ladies |
| A．“east and west, home is the best” |
| B．“when in Rome do as the Romans do” |
| C．“marry a dog and follow the dog forever” |
| D．“the course of true love never runs smooth” |
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3 . It’s a tradition for Ann Sutton to seek help for one or two families around Christmas. The Suttons’ dinner conversation often turned to local families ____ This year, the youngest daughter Kate was ____ that Santa Claus would make a special visit ____ a 22-year-old single mother named Ashley.
One Sunday, the____ rang. A representative from a local organization was calling to say the ____ Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through. No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing. Ann saw the cheer ____ from her children’s faces at the news. Without a word, Kate ran into her room. Soon, Kate returned with her piggy bank, her face set with ____ And now she ____ the coins and dollar bills out, one by one, onto the kitchen table: $3.30. “Mom,” she told Ann, “I know it’s not much. ____ maybe this will buy a present for the baby.”____ everyone was reaching into pockets and purses. Soon, the money____ on the kitchen table. The total: $130.
The next morning, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter’s latest project. Throughout the day, more coworkers____ with contributions. Each time a little money came in, Ann called home. And with each ____ from her mother, Kate would scream into the phone and do a little dance of victory. With the story of Kate’s gift____ beyond Ann’s office, she received more contributions. By the end of the day, the total was now $500—plenty of a Christmas for Ashley’s family.
That evening, Kate went with her mother to____ the money. They bought plenty of household necessities. They _____ had enough to buy food for a Christmas dinner. On Christmas Eve, Ann _____ through the pouring rain to where the family lived. When Ashley opened the door, Ann stood under her umbrella and wished the _____ woman a Merry Christmas. Then Ann began to unload the gifts from the car. With so many gifts to take inside, she abandoned the umbrella. Ashley ____ her in the rain. Soon both women were wet through, and the surprise had turned to something deeper, the kind of ____ that brought them close to tears.1.
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4 . Director of Overseas Finance
Financial Services
Edinburgh
Permanent
Updated October 30, 2014
Reporting into the Administration and Finance Partner, this is a new role with responsibility for oversight and leadership in international financial matters, overseas tax issues and overseas operational management.
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•Overseeing(监督) development and implementation(实施) of overseas tax strategy and managing relationships with relevant authorities and advisors.
•Managing international financial planning, forecasting and reporting requirements.
•Analysis and communication of impacts and responses to tax and other regulatory
(管理的) documents.
•Establishment and maintenance of appropriate systems, controls and records.
•Managing and leading senior accountants and managers.
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The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with a strong academic record and will have:
•Experience of managing the finances of an international commercial organization.
•A track record of delivering improved efficiency and effectiveness in financial operations.
•Experience of leading and developing teams with proven change management experience.
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Baillie Gifford is one of the UK’s leading investment management firms and is a major player in the asset（资产）management business. As a market leader they have built their success around the stability of their partnership structure which provides guarantee for customers and motivation for employees. As by 31 December 2013 they managed more than ￡72 billion （US 113 billion）in active equity and bond portfolios(股票和债券组合) for customers in the UK and throughout the world.
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Attractive Salary + Benefits Package
1. Where is the director of overseas finance supposed to work?
2. The primary responsibility of this position is to manage ______.
3. Which of the following people is qualified for the position?
4. What is the purpose of this passage?
Financial Services
Edinburgh
Permanent
Updated October 30, 2014
Reporting into the Administration and Finance Partner, this is a new role with responsibility for oversight and leadership in international financial matters, overseas tax issues and overseas operational management.
•Overseeing(监督) development and implementation(实施) of overseas tax strategy and managing relationships with relevant authorities and advisors.
•Managing international financial planning, forecasting and reporting requirements.
•Analysis and communication of impacts and responses to tax and other regulatory
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•Establishment and maintenance of appropriate systems, controls and records.
•Managing and leading senior accountants and managers.
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with a strong academic record and will have:
•Experience of managing the finances of an international commercial organization.
•A track record of delivering improved efficiency and effectiveness in financial operations.
•Experience of leading and developing teams with proven change management experience.
Baillie Gifford is one of the UK’s leading investment management firms and is a major player in the asset（资产）management business. As a market leader they have built their success around the stability of their partnership structure which provides guarantee for customers and motivation for employees. As by 31 December 2013 they managed more than ￡72 billion （US 113 billion）in active equity and bond portfolios(股票和债券组合) for customers in the UK and throughout the world.
Attractive Salary + Benefits Package
1. Where is the director of overseas finance supposed to work?
| A．In France | B．In the US |
| C．In London | D．In Edinburgh |
| A．international financial matters and national ones appropriately. |
| B．relationships between the relevant matters and tax strategy. |
| C．overseas tax strategy and relationships with authorities and advisors. |
| D．establishment and communication of systems, responses and other requirements. |
| A．The one who has ever managed financial planning and reporting requirements. |
| B．The one who can analyze tax and other regulatory documents. |
| C．The one who is good at leading and developing teams without experience. |
| D．The one who is a good accountant with rich management experience. |
| A．To tell people how to invest their money. |
| B．To introduce a director of overseas finance. |
| C．To advertise for a director of overseas finance. |
| D．To introduce a UK’s leading investment management firm. |
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5 . A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards, a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t____, as I knew, but all the time____his foot against mine.
My____raced back more than thirty years to the____days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The____was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about one hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____each other very well. Frank West____me because he wasn’t ____, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had____of a mind than a baby has. His “____” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and ____more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank ____on her entirely. He needed all the____of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder (炮弹). She____nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ones. So before we____that morning, I stood beside Frank and____my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his____to me was always the same.1.
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My____raced back more than thirty years to the____days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The____was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about one hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____each other very well. Frank West____me because he wasn’t ____, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had____of a mind than a baby has. His “____” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and ____more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank ____on her entirely. He needed all the____of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder (炮弹). She____nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ones. So before we____that morning, I stood beside Frank and____my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his____to me was always the same.1.
| A．work | B．live | C．stay | D．expect |
| A．answer | B．speak | C．smile | D．laugh |
| A．covering | B．moving | C．fighting | D．pressing |
| A．minds | B．memories | C．thoughts | D．brains |
| A．dark | B．better | C．younger | D．old |
| A．cave | B．place | C．sight | D．scene |
| A．Discussing | B．Solving | C．Sharing | D．Suffering |
| A．learn from | B．talk to | C．help | D．know |
| A．needed | B．recognized | C．interested | D．encouraged |
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| A．more | B．worse | C．fewer | D．less |
| A．word | B．speech | C．sentence | D．language |
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| A．fed | B．kept | C．lived | D．depended |
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6 . One woman is having a very merry Christmas, indeed, all thanks to the honesty and determination of a complete stranger.
“When I saw it, I said, ‘God, this is really a pretty____ Somebody's going to heartbroken,” said Shirley Grandey , 62, who was a volunteer for keeping the environment clean.
When Grandey was____ a large pile of pine needles and dirt at the end of her hard work day, she never____ to come across someone's diamond ring lying alone among a pile of ____ .
Knowing the ring probably had special____ , Grandey held onto the jewelry and made it her ____ to find the owner.
“I said, 'Oh God ,I have to find the____ , "'recalled Grandey before making the decision to contact the TV station, to help ____ the word. "It was definitely a ____ ring. It was intertwined（缠绕）and had their ____ on it．”
Her efforts____ ．
“The brother of the girl saw it on____ and told her," said Grandey, who couldn't have been happier to return the ____ ring to its original owner, Julie Sanalitro.
“I was screaming and running around the house,” Sanalitro told the news station. "We always come to____ our tree from there to celebrate Christmas Day," she said.
When Sanalitro called to____ the ring, she explained it was a gift from her boyfriend, who had only given it to her two months ago when they ____ reunited.
She was not only able to____ answer all of Grandey's questions about the ring, ____ she was the original owner, but Grandey added, “I knew it was hers the moment she was walking up.”
“We just hugged each other and she had a few tears," the____ volunteer explained.
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| A．furniture | B．equipment | C．luggage | D．garbage |
| A．object | B．design | C．value | D．form |
| A．duty | B．work | C．ability | D．agreement |
| A．designer | B．owner | C．photographer | D．artist |
| A．print | B．explore | C．spread | D．write |
| A．luck | B．wedding | C．marriage | D．love |
| A．photos | B．names | C．addresses | D．words |
| A．paid off | B．paid up | C．paid back | D．paid out |
| A．television | B．telephone | C．radio | D．phone |
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| A．recently | B．immediately | C．actively | D．likely |
| A．successfully | B．properly | C．obviously | D．similarly |
| A．remembering | B．ensuring | C．forgetting | D．telling |
| A．kind | B．angry | C．close | D．learned |
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7 . 完形填空
My 9 year old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida． We were______about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months，and_______her Dad terribly．
As usual on the Charlotte to Miami flight，the plane was totally_______．Because we did not get our boarding passes until we_______at the gate，Kallie and I could not get seats together and were______by the aisle（过道）．I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me，_______we could be together．They_______，saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats．
Meanwhile，a mother and her three children were in a______several rows ahead of us．There had been a mistake in their boarding passes，and_______the whole family had been split up．The passengers in her row_______refused to move elsewhere．She was very_______about the younger boy sitting with strangers．She was in tears，yet nobody______to help her．
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on_______．Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said，“Ma’am，I think we can help you．”He then_______five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was_______for the family．The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without_______，and the mother's relief was obvious．
Kallie，however，was beginning to panic at the_______of not being next to me．I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do．______，the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster，______to me and asked，“Would you and your daughter like our seats？” _______to himself and the Scoutmaster．We traded seats and continued our trip，very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat．1.
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My 9 year old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida． We were______about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months，and_______her Dad terribly．
As usual on the Charlotte to Miami flight，the plane was totally_______．Because we did not get our boarding passes until we_______at the gate，Kallie and I could not get seats together and were______by the aisle（过道）．I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me，_______we could be together．They_______，saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats．
Meanwhile，a mother and her three children were in a______several rows ahead of us．There had been a mistake in their boarding passes，and_______the whole family had been split up．The passengers in her row_______refused to move elsewhere．She was very_______about the younger boy sitting with strangers．She was in tears，yet nobody______to help her．
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on_______．Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said，“Ma’am，I think we can help you．”He then_______five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was_______for the family．The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without_______，and the mother's relief was obvious．
Kallie，however，was beginning to panic at the_______of not being next to me．I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do．______，the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster，______to me and asked，“Would you and your daughter like our seats？” _______to himself and the Scoutmaster．We traded seats and continued our trip，very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat．1.
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| A．reached | B．arrived | C．landed | D．knocked |
| A．divided | B．blocked | C．separated | D．connected |
| A．in case | B．even if | C．as if | D．so that |
| A．prevented | B．refused | C．agreed | D．promised |
| A．panic | B．hurry | C．rush | D．seat |
| A．however | B．otherwise | C．therefore | D．instead |
| A．too | B．even | C．ever | D．also |
| A．concerned | B．curious | C．particular | D．content |
| A．suggested | B．offered | C．provided | D．supplied |
| A．duty | B．watch | C．board | D．spot |
| A．took | B．cost | C．paid | D．spent |
| A．convenient | B．available | C．probable | D．comfortable |
| A．permission | B．excuse | C．apology | D．complaint |
| A．thought | B．end | C．feeling | D．sense |
| A．Immediately | B．Puzzlingly | C．Clearly | D．Amazingly |
| A．turned up | B．turned around | C．turned out | D．turned away |
| A．sticking | B．keeping | C．waving | D．referring |
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8 . Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.
A woman in a(n)____ suit stepped in. "Hi, Libby." she said. Wow, what a____ ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. ____ many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and____ Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?
In 2003, we'd____ this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍）. "There is no such thing as a____ lunch," one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them ____ , shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no____ The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. ____ we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers（传单）around the neighborhood, asked friends to____ the word, and held our breath.
Word traveled fast,____ stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or____ an hour of work. But most gave what they could, ____ it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a ____ for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. ____ another donated a truck so we could transport____ from suppliers.
People came here partly for what our cafe____ —SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with____ We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might____ one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our____ to open the cafe was worth it.1.
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| A．dinner | B．evening | C．business | D．summer |
| A．change | B．beauty | C．fool | D．coincidence |
| A．With | B．Like | C．Besides | D．Towards |
| A．wait | B．sing | C．perform | D．sweep |
| A．lived | B．hatched | C．ignored | D．achieved |
| A．packed | B．delicious | C．free | D．delivered |
| A．crowd together | B．flood in | C．walk away | D．turn up |
| A．staff support | B．regular customers | C．lunch boxes | D．cash register |
| A．Unfortunately | B．Finally | C．Interestingly | D．Illegally |
| A．analyze | B．read | C．spread | D．approve |
| A．thanks to | B．apart from | C．ahead of | D．according to |
| A．regretting | B．gaining | C．donating | D．balancing |
| A．only when | B．and forever | C．so that | D．even if |
| A．reward | B．check | C．bill | D．list |
| A．Still | B．Instead | C．Otherwise | D．Thus |
| A．lunch | B．customers | C．dishes | D．produce |
| A．stood for | B．applied for | C．benefited from | D．depended on |
| A．patience | B．generosity | C．confidence | D．dignity |
| A．protect | B．trust | C．help | D．treasure |
| A．dream | B．struggle | C．management | D．Style |
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9 . My father was a self-taught mandolin（曼陀林琴）player. He could not read, but if he heard a tune several times, he could play it. Occasionally, he ______ play for the local radio station.
Dad loved playing the mandolin for his family. He knew we enjoyed his playing. If he could give ______ to others, he would, especially for his family. He was always ______ his time and efforts to making sure his family had enough in their life.
Later, I matured into a man and had my own children. Whenever coming home, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin, for nobody played the mandolin like him. He could ______ your soul with tunes coming out of that old mandolin. He seemed to ______ when playing, taking pride in his ability to play so well.
Unfortunately, in 1977. Dad was ______ in an accident, leaving his third finger of his left hand wounded seriously. ______ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did affect his ______ to play the mandolin. After the accident, he was ______ to play and felt unable to play as well as before. Every time we asked him to play, he would make excuses. ______, we could persuade him and he would say “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it made no ______. When he played the old mandolin, it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time.
In August 1993, Dad was ______ with serious disease. He chose not to receive any chemotherapy（化疗）treatments ______ he could live out his rest life in dignity(尊严). A week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for his family. First he made the usual ______ again but later said “Okay.”, ______ it was likely to be the last chance for us to hear him playing. He tuned up the old mandolin and played. ______, I found everyone in the family ______. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner ______ that lives with him in his life.
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Later, I matured into a man and had my own children. Whenever coming home, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin, for nobody played the mandolin like him. He could ______ your soul with tunes coming out of that old mandolin. He seemed to ______ when playing, taking pride in his ability to play so well.
Unfortunately, in 1977. Dad was ______ in an accident, leaving his third finger of his left hand wounded seriously. ______ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did affect his ______ to play the mandolin. After the accident, he was ______ to play and felt unable to play as well as before. Every time we asked him to play, he would make excuses. ______, we could persuade him and he would say “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it made no ______. When he played the old mandolin, it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time.
In August 1993, Dad was ______ with serious disease. He chose not to receive any chemotherapy（化疗）treatments ______ he could live out his rest life in dignity(尊严). A week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for his family. First he made the usual ______ again but later said “Okay.”, ______ it was likely to be the last chance for us to hear him playing. He tuned up the old mandolin and played. ______, I found everyone in the family ______. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner ______ that lives with him in his life.
Dad would never play the mandolin for us again, but we still ______ the most valuable gift we gained from him, ______ he had done all his life, giving.1.
| A．might | B．should | C．would | D．must |
| A．pleasure | B．advice | C．help | D．favor |
| A．applying | B．paying | C．attaching | D．devoting |
| A．touch | B．discover | C．deliver | D．possess |
| A．escape | B．shine | C．exist | D．calm |
| A．included | B．absorbed | C．buried | D．involved |
| A．Although | B．If | C．Whether | D．Because |
| A．courage | B．faith | C．ability | D．energy |
| A．desperate | B．unwilling | C．worthwhile | D．sensitive |
| A．Eventually | B．Suddenly | C．Gradually | D．Consequently |
| A．sense | B．difference | C．contact | D．progress |
| A．combined | B．burdened | C．carried | D．diagnosed |
| A．so that | B．in case | C．even if | D．as though |
| A．plan | B．apology | C．reason | D．excuse |
| A．promising | B．noticing | C．requesting | D．knowing |
| A．Looking around | B．Turning up | C．Looking into | D．Speeding up |
| A．happy | B．tearful | C．anxious | D．delighted |
| A．preference | B．advantage | C．strength | D．courage |
| A．treasure | B．adopt | C．consider | D．approve |
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10 . Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside,_______________ . Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far
more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
1. . The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.
2. . What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2 ?
3. According to the author , in communication people tend to ________.
4. According to the author , the patients improved mainly because _______.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside,
Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far
more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
1. . The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.
| A．preparing a topic list first |
| B．focusing on one’s own mind |
| C．directing the talk to the desired results |
| D．experiencing the speaker’s inside world |
| A．How to listen well. |
| B．What to listen to. |
| C．Benefits of listening. |
| D．Problems in listening |
| A．listen actively |
| B．listen purposefully |
| C．set aside their prejudices |
| D．open up their inner mind |
| A．they were taken good care of. |
| B．they knew they were truly listened to. |
| C．they had partners to talk to. |
| D．they knew the roots of problems. |
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