He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were 41 her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he 42 her for coffee. She was 43 . In order not to appear rude, she went 44 .
As they sat in a nice 45 shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt 46 .
Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some 47 ? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”
They stared at him. He turned red; but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 48 , she asked. “Why salt with coffee?” He explained, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing on the sea… I could 49 its salty taste, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I 50 my childhood and my hometown. I miss 51 and my parents, who are still there.”
She was 52 touched. A man who can admit that he’s homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be 53 .
So they dated, 54 and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she would put in some salt, the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he 55 and left her a letter which said:
My dearest, please 56 my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt 57 sugar.
Sweetheart, I don’t exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so 58 to you, I’ve 59
to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, 60 , it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.
A．before B．beyond C．after D．near
A．invited B．paid C．forced D．asked
A．interested B．frightened C．moved D．surprised
A．away B．along C．over D．down
A．coffee B．tea C．beer D．wine
A．comfortable B．different C．uncomfortable D．indifferent
A．sugar B．pepper C．candy D．salt
A．Angrily B．Curiously C．Worriedly D．Happily
A．feel B．see C．notice D．find
A．think over B．bring up C．think of D．remind of
A．this B．it C．him D．her
A．highly B．specially C．hardly D．deeply
A．responsible B．reasonable C．sensible D．representative
A．married B．engaged C．separated D．split
A．walked away B．left away C．passed away D．got away
A．forget B．forgive C．imagine D．value
A．instead B．instead of C．in spite of D．other than
A．many B．more C．any D．much
A．studied B．learnt C．adapted D．used
A．however B．as it C．when D．even if
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.” We were very , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying .
But at home, a different is told. How we treat our ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.
That , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite, with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she __ for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow and blue.”
By this time, I felt and small and now my own fell. I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them, the blue.” I said, “I’m so __ that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低声说), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”
A．rule B．reply C．step D．truth
A．see B．tell C．get D．take
A．nervous B．alike C．polite D．confident
A．welcome B．thanks C．hello D．good-bye
A．story B．message C．notice D．activity
A．crazy B．loved C．blind D．brave
A．mother B．husband C．daughter D．son
A．smiled B．looked C．shot D．shouted
A．lie B．care C．attack D．realize
A．noon B．afternoon C．evening D．night
A．looked B．pointed C．spoke D．listened
A．when B．but C．unless D．besides
A．kitchen B．bedroom C．dinning-room D．library
A．brought B．bought C．stole D．paid
A．excited B．sad C．happy D．great
A．leg B．head C．tears D．feelings
A．Look B．End C．Dress D．Wake
A．especially B．specially C．except D．except for
A．brave B．lazy C．sorry D．excited
A．hate B．love C．miss D．beat
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a _ , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it ________from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, _______everywhere. I tried to use a broom, ____ with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the ____, I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept _____. Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and ____ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining ____, I was in a new relationship with a wonderful ____ I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded ____ those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my ____ had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble___ his new surroundings and the ____ of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you ____, when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never ____, remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be ___, and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas ___, including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them ___, you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to ____, and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, __will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
A．drink B．fruit C．vegetable D．meat
A．moved B．walked C．ran D．slipped
A．rubbed B．rolled C．grew D．existed
A．but B．and C． although D． so
A．bedroom B．living room C．kitchen D．storeroom
A．getting B．turning up C．taking up D．using up
A．found B．ate C．left D．planted
A．presents B．cans C．vegetables D．peas
A．man B．child C．woman D．boy
A．of B．for C．with D．in
A．wife B．life C．son D．friend
A．turning to B．leading to C．adjusting to D．adding to
A．thank B．love C．help D．loss
A．down B．near C．close D．wide
A．get it B．make it C．take it D．leave it
A．grew B．bought C．collected D．frozen
A．eventually B．fortunately C．properly D．specially
A．both B．all C．either D．each
A．call on B．put on C．bring in D．move on
A．while B．because C．since D．or
Having searched for many years, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, where he would find a well. “Ask the well what is , ” he was advised, “and the well will reveal (揭露) it to you.” After finding the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroads, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
With his heart full of , the man ran to the crossroads only to three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to much to do with the revelation of truth.
Depressed and , the seeker returned to the well to demand an , but he was told only: “You will discover in the future.” With years by, the memory of his experience at the well gradually until one night. While he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music his attention. It was wonderful and it wasplayed with great skill and .
and moved deeply, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like he had once seen in the three stores.
Eventually he understood the of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our is to gather and use them in the proper way. Nothing is so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have by considering the fragments alone.
A．life B．dream C．truth D．success
A．cause B．reason C．problem D．question
A．energy B．hope C．happiness D．strength
A．find B．observe C．understand D．feel
A．instruments B．clothing C．furniture D．wood
A．have B．link C．connect D．relate
A．surprised B．shocked C．disappointed D．excited
A．excuse B．explanation C．advice D．opportunity
A．gone B．passed C．pass D．going
A．doubled B．forgot C．disappeared D．recovered
A．paid B．caught C．focused D．fixed
A．inspiration B．courage C．thought D．wisdom
A．Annoyed B．Affected C．Confused D．Frightened
A．composer B．director C．adviser D．player
A．imagination B．appreciation C．recognition D．admiration
A．those B．one C．it D．that
A．theory B．message C．secret D．note
A．project B．difficulty C．task D．shortcoming
A．available B．successful C．accessible D．meaningful
A．foreseen B．witnessed C．judged D．formed
That morning, I got the train as always. I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as usual. I would always turn to the crossword(纵横填字游戏), but that day it didn't . I'd been doing it for 30-old years, but trying to read this one was like walking through syrup（糖浆）: slow and hard. I thought I must be tired.
I said to my assistant. The colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital. There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that communication. I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or to receive and produce language. It was the only time I .
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and work in a couple of months. The way to my language ability was rough. I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind round and round in the darkness, looking for words．
As the months passed, it became that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job. For 25 years, I had myself as a publisher. I was used to a busy day of meetings. I enjoyed colleagues and the I'd had. I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self. There were times when I felt incredibly .
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to . I couldn't manage novels or newspapers, I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming(势不可挡的). My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly. I also learned the to keep up. I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．
, I get rid of my old skin. I grieved(感到悲痛) the past, its passing and its absence, and started to it. Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever. If you'd asked me 15 years ago to the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who reads 10 books a week. I'm a man, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s pretty good.
A．wear off B．make any sense C．count up D．pay off
A．temporarily B．scarcely C．unbelievably D．mildly
A．curious B．reserved C．serious D．concerned
A．calls for B．deals with C．suffers from D．responds to
A．practical B．absurd C．impossible D．innocent
A．prayed B．cried C．failed D．withdrew
A．contribute to B．agree to C．return to D．appeal to
A．gaining B．rebuilding C．revealing D．improving
A．slipped B．doubted C．wandered D．fled
A．messy B．flexible C．straightforward D．self-evident
A．informed B．evaluated C．reflected D．defined
A．extinction B．reward C．schedule D．status
A．angry B．cautious C．awesome D．merciless
A．speaking B．trying C．writing D．managing
A．since B．until C．so D．as
A．favor B．patience C．sympathy D．comfort
A．Gradually B．Hopefully C．Narrowly D．Annually
A．keep up with B．come to terms with C．get around to D．live up to
A．arrange B．compare C．rank D．declare
A．genius B．community C．dignity D．family
How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be __to follow trends in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about__ as you do.
A recent survey among high school __ in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that __ teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.
This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were__ about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 percent, cared most about their looks. They were__by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 percent.
“The different results show __ of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different of beauty, so teens are more__ to be confident about their appearance.
US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the__. About 85 percent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 percent.
What’s , US students showed more individuality, with 88 percent___ that “people should follow their own interests rather than of others”. This is much than South Korea’s 69 percent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.
Japanese students, at 52 percent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and_ most dissatisfied.
“ to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference.__ Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.
The students have different__ backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.
Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much_ _ among most of the teens ___ for the survey.
A．absorbed B．willing C．careless D．unhappy
A．hairstyle B．dresses C．fashion D．culture
A．teachers B．students C．citizens D．colleagues
A．Asian B．American C．African D．Western
A．answered B．requested C．persuaded D．questioned
A．followed B．decreased C．reduced D．compared
A．relations B．barriers C．customs D．differences
A．awareness B．standards C．consciences D．expenses
A．admirable B．confused C．likely D．unbelievable
A．survey B．setting C．reference D．paper
A．worse B．better C．less D．more
A．disagreeing B．observing C．agreeing D．puzzling
A．those B．that C．it D．one
A．lower B．larger C．smaller D．higher
A．first B．third C．fourth D．last
A．leading B．devoting C．appealing D．According
A．But B．And C．So D．Or
A．political B．cultural C．economical D．commercial
A．expectation B．hesitation C．concern D．ambition
A．interviewed B．advised C．overlooked D．invested