The Abominable Snowman 喜马拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for __2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as the melted(融化)and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 . no evidence has ever 16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman __17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
1. A. event B. story C. adventure D. description
2. A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years
3. A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about
4. A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably
5. A. as B. though C. when D. until
6. A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued
7. A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply
8. A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubled
9. A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return
10. A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
11. A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening
12. A. strange B. large C. deep D. rough
13. A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However
14. A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar
15. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
16. A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly
17. A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly
18. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
19. A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem
20. A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. Laboratory
A strange thing happened the other day. I was washing the in our kitchen while my youngest son was television in the living room. Suddenly, I heard an old from my childhood playing on TV. As the music came into the kitchen, I found myself singing a few along with it, and even doing a little dance step or two while I put back the plates. Then I realized that this was the first time I had in a very long while.
In the days following my Mother’s , I had done my best to again. I had hugged(拥抱) my children and said I loved them. I had the Autumn leaves with their beautiful colors and taken in a few sunsets as well. My heart was still and my moments of joy were few. More than once when I was on the road, passing a(n) bike the one my Mother used to ride for many years my eyes would be full of tears. I missed her so much. It was so not having her here in my life any more.
When I found myself dancing even for a second, however, I that I was doing just what my Mother would have wanted me to do. she would be if I felt so sad. She would have wanted me to dance again, to sing again, to smile again, and to laugh again. She would have wanted me to joy again and share it with others. She would have wanted me to LIVE and to LOVE here on Earth while my life . And in that moment my heart began to .
I promise you Mother that I will continue to heal(治愈) even you. I will continue to sing. I will continue to dance. I will continue to say “yes” to life and to love all the I have left here.
A.clothes B.dishes C.vegetables D.hands
A.noticing B.planning C.seeing D.watching
A.novel B.story C.voice D.song
A.sweet B.noisy C.strange D.loud
A.questions B.words C.messages D.ideas
A.danced B.cried C.worked D.spoken
A.success B.death C.step D.disease
A.sing B.play C.live D.drink
A.left B.seen C.found D.collected
A.beating B.running C.hurting D.racing
A.old B.fashionable C.expensive D.exciting
A.comfortable B.hard C.simple D.serious
A.again B.frequently C.widely D.quickly
A.admitted B.recognized C.realized D.demanded
A.careful B.anxious C.confident D.calm
A.choose B.express C.understand D.share
A.changes B.ends C.goes on D.slows down
A.die B.sink C.stop D.heal
A.by B.besides C.through D.without
A.presents B.days C.feelings D.friends
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ,he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was and ill.
My father was a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started about life, and I told them about one of my . I said that we must very often give things up we grow—our youth, our beauty, and our friends— but it always that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. , he answered his own question: “I the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also by his words. After that,when I began to feel irritated(愤怒的)at someone, I remember his words and become . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be to give up my small irritations. In this , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one .
A.Afterwards B.However C.Therefore D.Meanwhile
A.tired B.poor C.weak D.slow
A.already B.still C.only D.once
A.took B.threw C.sent D.put
A.impossible B.difficult C.stressful D.hopeless
A.worrying B.caring C.talking D.asking
A.decisions B.experiences C.ambitions D.beliefs
A.as B.since C.before D.till
A.seems B.promises C.suggests D.requires
A.cheered B.turned C.spoke D.opened
A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
A.Surprisingly B.Immediately C.Naturally D.Certainly
A.had B.gained C.accepted D.enjoyed
A.moved B.amazed C.attracted D.warned
A.should B.could C.would D.might
A.quiet B.relaxed C.calm D.happy
A.ready B.able C.free D.likely
A.case B.form C.method D.way
A.doubt B.wonder C.know D.guess
A.award B.word C.lesson D.gift
I believe that I always have a choice.
I believe that I always have a choice. No matter what I'm doing and what is happening to me.
I used to write my books, typing on a keyboard, ____now I can no longer _____ my hand. Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone. In 2008, I was diagnosed with ALS, a(n) _____ disease, which would weaken and finally ______every important muscle in my body. That is to say, I will be ______ unable to move, to speak, and finally, to______. Only largely depending upon others could I live. I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.
I was ____ to give up writing completely and remained ____ all day long. In the ____, some of my friends and relatives came to ____ me. However, It wasn’t long _____I became lonely again, wondering the meaning of life. Sometimes I came up with the _____ that I’d better end my life because I couldn’t ___ the complex(复杂的) expressions on my family’s faces. I became depressed, doubtful and _____. Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street, I found an old guy in dirty clothes with no legs ___ in the street. I was shocked and woke up at once. I was more __ than him. I have thousands of ____ to live on. When he came to me begging, I was so inspired and offered all that was in my purse. From then on I ____ to go through the process of learning to use voice recognition software. Old woman ____I was, I wrote more now than ever.
Every day now I have a ____ on not only whether I will live, but how I will live. I can choose to see it as an invitation—an opportunity to learn who I really am.
A.and B.so C.but D.until
A.lift B.control C.remove D.wash
A.curable B.unknown C.common D.terrible
A.destroy B.rebuild C.cancel D.remove
A.hardly B.actually C.gradually D.totally
A.communicate B.behave C.breathe D.die
A.determined B.forced C.encouraged D.advised
A.positive B.disabled C.dependent D.silent
A.beginning B.end C.evening D.hospital
A.guide B.admire C.entertain D.comfort
A.since B.when C.until D.before
A.opinion B.idea C.imagination D.choice
A.understand B.guess C.forgive D.bear
A.hopeless B.adventurous C.disabled D.impolite
A.sleeping B.begging C.singing D.dancing
A.unlucky B.miserable C.confident D.fortunate
A.chances B.excuses C.reasons D.purposes
A.managed B.continued C.intended D.stopped
A.but B.as C.even if D.that
A.way B.method C.thought D.choice
When I was in junior high school, what my friends thought of me was really important to me. During those years, I grew much than most of my peers(同龄人). Being so tall made me feel . In order to keep the focus off my unusual , I went along with the crowd who would other kids at school. It made sure that the tricks were at others, and not at me.
Once before a class, my friends and I pulled a trick on one of the kids on the basketball team, which made him terribly embarrassed. I thought it was going to be funny, it all ended up that no one thought it was.
My parents didn’t always think that my was funny. They reminded me about “The Golden Rule”: to others as I would like to be treated. What I was doing was other kids, and in turn hurting my as someone to be looked up to. My friends were looking up to me I was tall, but what did they see?
My parents wanted me to be a leader who set a good to others. They taught me to set my own goals, and to do the at everything that I set out to do. They told me to be the leader that I was to be-to be a big man in my heart and actions, as well as in my body. I had to myself whether or not I would be the kind of leader and person my parents I was inside, but I knew in my heart that they were .
“Be a leader, Shaquille, not a(n) . Since people already have to look up to you, give them a good reason to do so.”
A.stronger B.taller C.wiser D.braver
A.independent B.confident C.uncomfortable D.proud
A.hair B.eyesight C.weight D.height
A.have mercy on B.join hands with C.benefit from D.play tricks on
A.punished B.directed C.awarded D.shouted
A.music B.football C.basketball D.swimming
A.kind B.magic C.clever D.hurtful
A.so B.but C.and D.or
A.behavior B.dream C.nerve D.belief
A.praise B.admire C.treat D.hate
A.threatening B.motivating C.entertaining D.hurting
A.attitude B.fame C.body D.feeling
A.because B.though C.when D.if
A.friend B.comfort C.example D.help
A.biggest B.least C.worst D.best
A.chosen B.meant C.born D.elected
A.question B.devote C.write D.risk
A.promised B.imagined C.believed D.forgot
A.determined B.wrong C.ambitious D.right
A.follower B.learner C.organizer D.inventor
Recently, my husband and I had the chance to do something good for two complete strangers. This us feel so good that I felt I had to share our experience.
We were traveling to Mexico for week with our family. I traveled a lot for work, we had enough frequent flier miles (累计飞行里程) and could upgrade (升级) our tickets to class seats. We were sitting in the very first two seats in the first row of first class, the plane to take off. I overheard one of the flight attendants (空乘) telling the others that there was a couple sitting in the of the plane who had just got married the previous day and were heading off on their . They had booked their flight eight months in advance , due to some schedule changes, they had not been able to get together. No one else on the plane was willing to move and the bride (新娘) was .
I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We immediately and I called the flight attendant over to tell her that we would be happy to our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed and amazed and said, “Really? Are you sure” We said, “Of course!”
So we moved to the back of the . I sat in a middle seat part way back and my sat in the window seat in the last row of the plane.
The flight attendants were extremely thankful and good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first class. We both made friends with the people around us and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to pick up a forgotten bag at one point during the . I saw the newlyweds sitting very close together, enjoying champagne (香槟).
It didn’t just make my day—it made my whole Thanksgiving !
A.forced B.made C.got D.persuaded
A.Christmas B.New Year C.Thanksgiving D.Halloween
A.Since B.When C.While D.If
A.second B.last C.middle D.first
A.watching B.waiting for C.listening to D.observing
A.front B.beside C.back D.left
A.honeymoon B.holiday C.business D.dream
A.and B.or C.but D.therefore
A.bags B.seats C.tickets D.wishes
A.in tears B.in silence C.in surprise D.in comfort
A.agreed B.answered C.replied D.moved
A.give out B.give up C.give off D.give in
A.shocked B.interested C.tired D.disappointed
A.house B.car C.plane D.train
A.friend B.husband C.son D.daughter
A.made B.turned C.took D.looked
A.sitting B.standing C.walking D.talking
A.time B.flight C.space D.schedule
A.satisfactorily B.shamefully C.terribly D.happily
A.week B.day C.month D.year