We make a living with what we get, but we make a life with what we give.
--- Winston Churchill（温斯顿丘吉尔）
I am willing to 36 this saying. I have been 37 at the Boston Children’s Hospital every year since I was thirteen. At the beginning, I only wanted to go 38 I would get praise for entertaining children at the 39 . After giving my time for two months, my 40 changed completely.
When I first 41 into the waiting room on the ground floor, I was very 42 that I would be spending my entire summer with kids. As it became 43 for me to show up every day at 8 a.m., many kids began to 44 me. To my surprise, I began looking forward to seeing their 45 faces as well. They were always enthusiastic（热情）about 46 . My heart warmed every time I heard their 47 voices asking me for a story or an answer to a question. I felt 48 and irreplaceable.
As I look back, I see the influence that these 49 children have had on me. It is because of them that I have 50 a desire to become a psychologist. Recently, I have volunteered for a month. I have been asked to 51 on many different floors besides the waiting room where I 52 . The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time.Despite their anxiety and desire to get better and go home, they always offer me a（n） 53 smile. I feel renewed about 54 a day with them because I realize that there is much more to 55 than money. It is much more important to love and to be loved.
A．know B．believe C．respect D．understand
A．working B．studying C．staying D．volunteering
A．unless B．until C．after D．because
A．hospital B．school C．room D．building
A．plan B．style C．opinion D．life
A．looked B．stepped C．turned D．changed
A．old B．busy C．nervous D．upset
A．special B．curious C．routine D．hopeful
A．notice B．expect C．watch D．annoy
A．foolish B．bright C．dirty D．silent
A．smiling B．sleeping C．learning D．playing
A．loud B．crazy C．deep D．eager
A．valued B．tired C．disappointed D．surprised
A．sad B．harmful C．special D．lazy
A．developed B．remembered C．worked D．improved
A．help out B．drop in C．go around D．turn up
A．found B．stood C．started D．gave
A．willing B．sad C．pitiful D．optimistic
A．spending B．taking C．living D．leaving
A．life B．habit C．nature D．family
After breakfast in the morning, my mother came to ask me to go shopping．She told me that she a new dress．I don’t usually like to go shopping and I’m not a(n) person, but we went to the mall together．We visited nearly every that sold ladies’ dresses, and my mother dress after dress, giving all of them up． the day went on, I grew tired．
Finally, at our shop, my mother tried on a lovely blue three-piece dress．The had a bow (蝴蝶结) at the neckline, and as I stood in the dressing room with her, I as she tried, with much difficulty, to tie the bow．Her hands were so badly from arthritis (关节炎) that she couldn’t do it． , my impatience gave way to a great wave of compassion (同情) for her．I turned away(避开，走开) to try and the tears filling my eyes．I managed to myself down and turned back to tie the bow for her．
Our shopping trip was over, but the was left in my memory．For the rest of the day, my mind returning to that moment in the dressing room and to the moment of my mother’s trying to tie that bow．Those hands had fed me, bathed me and dressed me．She had also me whenever I felt sad．And they were now touching me in the unforgettable manner．
Later in the evening, I went to my mother’s room, her hands in mine, kissed them and, much to her , told her that to me they were the most beautiful hands in the world．
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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。
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence．The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, ____ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, ____ , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting．Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it．The more he looked at it, the ____ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, ____ as high as he could, but even at his tallest ____ he was unable to touch It．He began to ____ up and down, as high as he could, at the ___ of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple．Still it remained out of ___.
Not giving up, he thought , if only he had something to ___ on ．His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to ____the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Game boy．Looking ____ he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, ____ luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do．____ seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk ___ ．At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ____, and how he really wanted that apple．The more he ____ like this, the more unhappy he became.
____, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself．This isn’t ____, I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well．There’s ____ more I can do to get the apple．That is unchangeable, but we are supposed to be able to ___ our feelings．If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The nurse approached him, smiling. “The labor is going great,” she said. “wouldn't you like to come in？”
“Oh, no.” The man shook his .
The nurse the mother's side, and the labor progressed . As the birth neared, the nurse returned to the man, now frantically (烦躁地)in the hall. “She's doing so well,” she________him. “Wouldn't you like to at least come in and see her？”
The man seemed to slightly，then shook his head again. “No, no, I couldn't do that.” He jingled (使发出叮当声)car keys in his sweaty and restarted his pacing.
The nurse went back into the and coached Mom's great efforts in pushing the baby into the . As the baby's head began to appear，the nurse raced to the hall, the man by his elbow, and ________him to the bedside saying, “You have got to see this！”
At that very moment, the baby boy was born placed on the stomach of the mother whose happy smile ________ through her tears. The man began to ________ openly. Turning to the nurse, he sobbed. “You were right ! This is the greatest ________ in my life！”
By now, the nurse, too, was ________ . She put her arms around him, and he rested his
________ on her shoulder. She said, “No one should ________ the birth of their son.”
“This isn't my son,” the man sobbed. “This isn't ________ my wife. I've never seen her before in my life. I was just bringing the car ________ to my fellow across the hall !”
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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。
Can one man make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the 2013 Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “________”. Ercolini is a young________ in a small town in Italy. After ________the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to ________ paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with ________ glasses.
When his town announced plans to open an incinerator （ 焚化炉） to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be ________ for his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous material, leaving behind ________. You might think it is ________ than sending waste to landfills. It is true landfills ________ space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water ________ to use. But incinerators have their own________. Burning gives off poisonous gases into the air which can cause ________ problems. People will have to wear a mask no matter ________ they go. The smoke also causes pollution, and even ________ the greenhouse effect.
Ercolini was worried about the ________ of his community and felt it was his duty to ________ them. He organized town hall meetings, and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle. ________ , Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the ________ of which is to reduce the waste sent to landfills and incinerators to the least possible amount. He has already ________ plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities. ________ his efforts, there are more than one hundred zero-waste towns in Italy now!
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完形填空
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。
In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce that she nearly died. She________ but the fever left its mark一she could no longer see and ________. Because she could not hear，she also found it very ________ to speak.
So how did this child，blinded and deafened at 19 months old，grow up to ________a world-famous author and public speaker?
The fever cut her ________ from the outside world， depriving (剥夺）her of sight and sound. It was ________ she had been thrown into a dark prison room from which there could be no ________ .
Luckily Helen was not someone who ________ easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other ________. She followed her mother wherever she went， ________onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She 51 their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself，like milking the________or kneading dough (揉面）.She even learnt to ________people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also ________ where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the ________ of the ground under her feet.
By the age of 7 she had invented over 60 different ________ by which she could talk to her family. If she wanted bread for example，she would pretend to ________ a loaf and butter into slices (片）.If she wanted ice cream， she ________herself with her arms and pretended to shake.
Helen was unusual in that she was extremely ________ and also very sensitive. By her own ________ she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.
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