I’ll never forget my first daughter, who died too early from a bad accident. During those years, life was 36 . One Christmas I found my 3-year-old daughter 37 with a roll of golden wrapping paper. I had bought the paper to finish a rather important project. So I became 38 and scolded her loudly, “You are not good. And you are 39 your father’s money. You don’t know how hard your parents are working.” She was 40 and cried bitterly, running away.
41 , she brought a gift, a golden 42 made of golden wrapping paper to me the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” I was 43 of my earlier hurting words, but my anger rose again when I found out the box was 44 . I shouted at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?” She 45 at me with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew 46 into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
I was completely 47 . I put my arms around her and begged for her 48 . A year later, a serious 49 took the life of my daughter. I was so sad that I 50 in bed for three days and three nights, saying nothing with tears rolling down my cheek. From then on, I hated cars and kept the golden box by my bed for many years. Whenever I was 51 , I would take out an imaginary kiss and 52 the love of my daughter who had put it there.
In a very real 53 , each one of us, as humans beings, has been given a golden container 54 with unconditional love and kisses ... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There are 55 no other possessions that anyone could hold more precious than this.
A．nice B．hard C．instructive D．dull
A．tearing B．littering C．cutting D．busy
A．disappointed B．curious C．angry D．anxious
A．using B．spending C．sparing D．wasting
A．confused B．frightened C．amazed D．calm
A．Therefore B．However C．Thus D．Though
A．box B．tie C．car D．pen
A．scared B．happy C．ashamed D．satisfied
A．full B．broken C．cheap D．empty
A．looked around B．looked away C．looked up D．looked down
A．kisses B．love C．hearts D．prays
A．glad B．touched C．upset D．confident
A．thanks B．gifts C．forgiveness D．explanation
A．event B．illness C．operation D．accident
A．lay B．stood C．knelt D．sat
A．lost B．hungry C．discouraged D．sick
A．realize B．remember C．recognize D．respond
A．way B．state C．direction D．sense
A．decorated B．filled C．covered D．linked
A．only B．naturally C．simply D．actually
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow yourself to___your life happen.
Successful and happy people have a vision of____their life should be and they set lots of goals to help them____their vision. By setting goals you are controlling your life. It's____having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this____. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind which is____for her on a map. She can drive straight there____any wasted time or wrong turns. ____driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place____the first driver, but she drives____around, never getting anywhere, ____using up gas and oil. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life goals and____on them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen____. Goals aren't difficult to set, ____they aren't difficult to reach. It's____you to find out what your goals, ideals and vision really are. You are the one who____decide what to____and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us when we write a goal down we are____to achieve it. Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, ____are harder to neglect or forget.
Also when you write your goals in a particular fashion you are able to stimulate yourself to be continuously alert to situations____will further your goals.
A．leave B．cause C．make D．get
A．how B．what C．that D．where
A．get B．decide C．arrive D．reach
A．like B．as C．for D．as to
A．means B．way C．aspect D．manner
A．made out B．laid out C．given out D．left out
A．with B．for C．without D．at
A．Another B．Other C．The other D．Others
A．as B．such C．that D．like
A．freely B．aimlessly C．slowly D．leisurely
A．then B．however C．just D．therefore
A．follow through B．get through C．go through D．make through
A．by oneself B．by accident C．by far D．by mistake
A．while B．or C．but D．and
A．up to B．for C．on D．by
A．may B．can C．must D．should
A．pursue B．do C．seek D．be
A．sure B．likely C．doubtless D．confident
A．it B．they C．some D．many
A．where B．that C．what D．if
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。
It was a busy morning, about 830, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 930.
The nurse had him take a ____in the waiting area, ____him it would be at least 40 minutes ____ someone would be able to see him. I saw him ____ his watch and decided, since I was ____busy—my patient didn't ____ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he ____ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his ____. He told me that she had been ____ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be ____ if he was a bit late. He replied that she ____ knew who he was, that she had not been able to ____ him for five years now. I was ____， and asked him. “And you ____ go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are？”
He smiled and said, “She doesn't know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back ____ as he left.
Now I ____ that in marriages, true love is ____ of all that is. The happiest people don't ____ have the best of everything; they just ____ the best of everything they have. ____ isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
A．breath B．test C．seat D．break
A．persuading B．promising C．understanding D．telling
A．if B．before C．since D．after
A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．winding
A．very B．also C．seldom D．not
A．turn up B．show off C．come on D．go away
A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened
A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister
A．late B．well C．around D．there
A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．hungry
A．so far B．neither C．no longer D．already
A．recognize B．answer C．believe D．expect
A．moved B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied
A．only B．then C．thus D．still
A．curiosity B．tears C．words D．judgment
A．realize B．suggest C．hope D．prove
A．agreement B．expression C．acceptance D．exhibition
A．necessarily B．completely C．naturally D．frequently
A．learn B．make C．favor D．try
A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life
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。
It was a busy morning, about 830, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 930.
The nurse had him take a ____in the waiting area, ____him it would be at least 40 minutes ____ someone would be able to see him. I saw him ____ his watch and decided, since I was ____busy—my patient didn't ____ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he ____ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his ____. He told me that she had been ____ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be ____ if he was a bit late. He replied that she ____ knew who he was, that she had not been able to ____ him for five years now. I was ____， and asked him. “And you ____ go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are？”
He smiled and said, “She doesn't know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back ____ as he left.
Now I ____ that in marriages, true love is ____ of all that is. The happiest people don't ____ have the best of everything; they just ____ the best of everything they have. ____ isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
A．breath B．test C．seat D．break
A．persuading B．promising C．understanding D．telling
A．if B．before C．since D．after
A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．winding
A．very B．also C．seldom D．not
A．turn up B．show off C．come on D．go away
A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened
A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister
A．late B．well C．around D．there
A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．hungry
A．so far B．neither C．no longer D．already
A．recognize B．answer C．believe D．expect
A．moved B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied
A．only B．then C．thus D．still
A．curiosity B．tears C．words D．judgment
A．realize B．suggest C．hope D．prove
A．agreement B．expression C．acceptance D．exhibition
A．necessarily B．completely C．naturally D．frequently
A．learn B．make C．favor D．try
A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. ____， recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, has lived____for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a____. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son____.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long____over the hills. They had been____this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days____. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some____.
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert____that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of____. “What's that？”he asked. “That's the____treasure，”said the boy. Robert suddenly____something of an adventure story in the boy's____. While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the____a twelveyearold boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the____of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to____such a man in a story. ____Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was____.
So, thanks to a____September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelveyearold boy, we have one of the greatest____stories in the English language.
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad
A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job
A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John
A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game
A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying
A．quiet B．dull C．busy D．cold
A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising
A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized
A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island
A．forgotten B．buried C．discovered D．unexpected
A．saw B．drew C．made D．learned
A．book B．reply C．picture D．mind
A．star B．hero C．writer D．child
A．help B．problem C．use D．bottom
A．praise B．produce C．include D．accept
A．Yet B．Also C．But D．Thus
A．read B．born C．hired D．written
A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
A．news B．love C．reallife D．adventure
On May 27, 1995, our life suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, ____my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it____over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down，____to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of____with lots of unexpected challenges(挑战). We went from the “haves” to the “have-nots”. Or so we thought.
____what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of____difficulties. We came to learn that something____could happen in a disaster. All over the world people____Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a____center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of____had been received and sorted.
As____we opened letter after letter. They gave us____and became a source of strength for us. We used them to____ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with “Funny” if we needed a____， or to the “Disabled” box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or____in bed living happily and____.
These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so____we offer one of them to you.
Dear Chris，
My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your ____accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this____challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you____.
Yours Sincerely，
Nancy Reagan
A．since B．before C．when D．while
A．walked B．climbed C．pulled D．jumped
A．able B．unable C．suitable D．unsuitable
A．disability B．possession C．inconvenience D．experience
A．So B．For C．Or D．Yet
A．sharing B．separating C．fearing D．exploiting
A．terrible B．similar C．wonderful D．practical
A．wrote for B．cared for C．hoped for D．sent for
A．medical B．postal C．experimental D．mental
A．news B．paper C．equipment D．mail
A．patients B．a family C．nurses D．a group
A．effect B．effort C．comfort D．explanation
A．encourage B．express C．control D．treat
A．cry B．laugh C．chat D．sigh
A．much B．never C．even D．seldom
A．bitterly B．fairly C．weakly D．successfully
A．here B．there C．therefore D．forward
A．driving B．flying C．running D．riding
A．technical B．different C．difficult D．valuable
A．nearby B．close C．busy D．alive