One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 37
for granted, just as he 38 himself. Now, however, he felt 39 —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his 40 .
Seeking more personally satisfying 41 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel 42 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 43 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 44 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 45 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are 46 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 47 seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be 48 in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 49 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 .
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 51 . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are 52 for us.
In spite of his new 53 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 54 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 55 .
36．A．unhappy B．unusual C．unfair D．uneasy
37．A．health B．wealth C．happiness D．illnesses
38．A．ought to B．had to C．needed to D．used to
39．A．ashamed B．disappointed C．helpless D．endless
40．A．crying B．painting C．imagination D．consideration
41．A．home B．condition C．situation D．work
42．A．game B．trick C．role D．part
43．A．unable B．impossible C．unfit D．difficult
44．A．understand B．face C．refuse D．recognize
45．A．failures B．efforts C．choices D．interests
46．A．that B．what C．which D．whoever
47．A．always B．seldom C．sometimes D．usually
48．A．found B．drawn C．written D．accepted
49．A．after B．about C．with D．before
50．A．powerful B．hopeful C．useful D．successful
51．A．great B．strong C．brave D．equal
52．A．scientific B．basic C．right D．simple
53．A．product B．fame C．name D．job
54．A．rapidly B．separately C．slowly D．quietly
55．A．offer B．gain C．gather D．earn
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with the 36 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 37 , but what makes blogging different from writing in a(n) 38 diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 39 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 40 that he does not want to 41 with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 42a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 43 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.
44 I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but 45in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 46 that my sister might read it.
The biggest 47 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 48 about him in my diary, he would never know. 49 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might
50 her blog and get angry.
There are also 51 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary “ Nobody cares about me …”, no one would 52 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly 53 and tell her how much they 54 her. Blog helps people 55in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
A．same B．interesting C．difficult D．daily
A．simple B．special C．similar D．different
A．personal B．ordinary C．meaningful D．traditional
A．attractive B．public C．exciting D．quick
A．thoughts B．puzzles C．ideas D．secrets
A．tell B．share C．publish D．solve
A．instead of B．as well as C．except for D．besides
A．blog B．diary C．report D．web
A．Although B．Since C．When D．Because
A．only B．already C．still D．never
A．angry B．sad C．glad D．worried
A．problem B．doubt C．question D．mistake
A．boring B．wrong C．bad D．funny
A．So B．However C．Therefore D．Then
A．steal B．break C．write D．read
A．reasons B．wishes C．shortcomings D．advantages
A．care B．know C．think D．ask
A．prepare B．begin C．respond D．feel
A．like B．miss C．need D．stand
A．lose B．stay C．leave D．find
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many years ago, whites ruled South Africa. Apartheid（种族隔离制度）was the 16 of the land. One evening, two middle-aged blacks met in a “whites only” section of Johannesburg. One of them had a permit to work in the area, the other did not, which 17 he could be put behind bars（关押）for staying in this zone. 18 they saw a policeman coming towards them, and 19 .
“Run!” whispered the man with the permit to his friend, “I’ll 20 .” They started running and the policeman began chasing them, shouting “stop, stop”. Finally he caught the second man.
“Did you think you could outrun me!” he snarled. “Show me your 21 ！”
The man, playing for time, began reaching in his pocket and finally took out his permit. The policeman was surprised and realized that he had been 22 . The man without the permit was now too far away to be caught.
“When you had a permit why did you run!” he shouted 23 .
“Doctor’s 24 ,” said the man. “He has asked me to run a mile every evening.”
“Oh, yes? ” Sneered the policeman. “Then why was your friend 25 ?”
“His doctor has also ordered him to run,” said the man.
The policeman became 26 with anger. “You think you’re very 27 , don’t you?” he snarled. “But tell me, if you were running 28 for your health why didn’t you stop when you saw me running after you? And don’t tell me you didn’t see me chasing you. I know you did!”
“Of course I 29 you were running after me,” said the man.
“Then why didn’t you stop?” asked the policeman.
“It was 30 of me,” said the man, “but I thought you too had been ordered to run by your doctor.”
A．property B．mistake C．law D．custom
A．meant B．showed C．replied D．imagined
A．Happily B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Generally
A．hid B．fell C．cried D．froze
A．fight B．explain C．follow D．walk
A．invitation B．permit C．pocket D．ticket
A．fooled B．hurt C．blamed D．abandoned
A．nervously B．sadly C．carefully D．angrily
A．attitudes B．methods C．orders D．hopes
A．stopping B．missing C．staying D．running
A．shy B．strict C．red D．serious
A．brave B．healthy C．native D．smart
A．only B．also C．never D．often
A．remembered B．knew C．believed D．agreed
A．stupid B．rude C．kind D．wise
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __36__ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __37__.
“Look __38__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __39__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __40__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __41__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __42__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __43__ that day I had begged my mother to do __44__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __45__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __46__ as I said.
When I __47__ my father for help, he would not help. __48__, he brought me to this high tower to __49__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __50__.
At school the next day, I __51__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to __52__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __53__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __54__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __55__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
A．taken B．sent C．brought D．left
A．that B．why C．what D．how
A．down B．up C．out D．around
A．strength B．courage C．spirit D．bravery
A．tower B．church C．square D．village
A．School B．Society C．Family D．Life
A．in B．on C．by D．at
A．Earlier B．Later C．After D．During
A．her best B．a favor C．something D．everything
A．defended B．refused C．excused D．agreed
A．well B．good C．bad D．usual
A．belonged to B．turned to C．tried to D．led to
A．Therefore B．So C．Instead D．Anyway
A．show B．make C．prepare D．give
A．plan B．question C．problem D．suggestion
A．angrily B．secretly C．kindly D．politely
A．cook B．boil C．make D．serve
A．made B．failed C．worked D．took
A．if B．once C．since D．until
A．remind B．approve C．affect D．limit
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A．keep fit B．rise early C．collect money D．earn money
A．romantic B．magic C．fantastic D．attractive
A．simple B．luxurious C．relaxing D．easy
A．question B．the question C．reach D．control
A．feeling B．quarrel C．love D．smile
A．bowed B．shook C．nodded D．raised
A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
A．in great surprise B．with deep depression C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow
A．happens B．comes about C．occurs D．appears
A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
A．more or less B．here and there C．somewhere and sometime D．anywhere or anytime
A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
A．could believe B．wouldn’t recognize C．couldn’t understand D．might know
A．got stuck B．got sick C．threw up D．became disabled
A．quite healthy B．fairly red C．very pale D．much surprised
A．walk slowly B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．jump high
A．think about B．worry about C．talk with D．laugh at
A．Saying B．Seeing C．Reading D．Writing
A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．beautiful jewelry D．sweet kisses
A．a needle B．a thread C．the cloth D．the cotton
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My 16 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 17 . All day, I seem to remember, I 18 on the sands with strange 19 children. We made houses and gardens, and 20 the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we 21 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the 22 seemed to shine always brightly 23 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 24 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 25 in one’s pockets or good places where one could 26 ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 27 is much the same as it was. I 28 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 29 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 30 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 31 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 32 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am 33 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 34 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 35 on too many ices…
A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood
A．moving B．exciting C．anxious D．nervous
A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard
A．rolled B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp
A．and B．yet C．but D．or
A．exploring B．examining C．repairing D．measuring
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer
A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．waves B．tides C．hands D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．weak C．young D．old
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．happy B．tired C．sad D．sick