阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch 11 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could 12 it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried 13 to lift, pull and push the branch, bu
t it wouldn’t budge. 14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father 15 him. Together they pushed the 16
aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable 17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are 18 by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us
19 our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we 20 to ask for help because of 21 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of 22 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even 23
asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s 24 that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes 25 resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
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A.falling B.stopping C.blocking D.cutting
A.lift B.move C.carry D.throw
A.mightily B.carefully C.hardly D.painfully
A.Excited B.Surprised C.Discouraged D.Unexpected
A.taught B.joined C.pushed D.praised
A.stone B.branch C.road D.tree
A.job B.way C.lesson D.resource
A.hidden B.cheated C.covered D.surrounded
A.set B.change C.achieve D.discover
A.try B.fail C.manage D.stop
A.pride B.mood C.pity D.strength
B.slightness C.kindness D.weakness
A.use up B.refer to C.think about D.carry out
A.important B.likely C.possible D.acceptable
A.another B.outer C.natural D.further
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。[来Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an __ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we ke one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A.difference B.research C.speech D.discovery
A.earn B.lack C.spend D.steal
A.experienced B.connected C.cooperated D.experimented
A.strikes B.flashes C.happens D.attempts
A.appeal B.request C.suggestion D.demand
A.story B.damage C.challenge D.material
A.call B.hold C.cheer D.pick
A.possession B.trouble C.place D.charge
A.plus B.without C.for D.before
A.process B.goal C.return D.concern
A.replied B.addressed C.driven D.brought
A.invitation B.apology C.complaint D.appreciation
A.discussing B.providing C.applying D.starting
A.enough B.extra C.no D.other
A.admitting B.relating C.buying D.waiting
A.positive B.shocked C.discouraged D.optimistic
A.doorway B.window C.home D.yard
A.unfamiliar B.unexpected C.unknown D.uncertain
A.in case B.now that C.even if D.rather
A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd ?" Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas there special and memorable, I remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were. . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn't open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A.sending B.receiving C.making D.exchanging
A.found B.prepared C.got D.expected
A.doubt B.hope C.suggest D.accept
A.broke in B.settled down C.turned up D.showed off
A.relief B.loss C.achievement D.justice
A.blamed B.loved C.forgotten D.affected
A.highly B.little C.poorly D.enough
A.present B.first C.recent D.previous
A.hardly B.instantly C.regularly D.occasionally
A.strength B.independence C.importance D.safety
A.kept up with B.caught up with C.came up with D.put up with
A.none B.few C.some D.each
A.fine B.special C.helpful D.normal
A.reminded B.guaranteed C.convinced D.promised
A.after B.until C.when。 D.since
A.chance B.gift C.moment D.reward
A.lit B.took C.burned D.cheered
A.atmosphere B.sympathy C.calmness D.joy
A.it B.such C.something D.everybody
A.by B.till C.for D.from
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he was given a slingshot(弹弓) to play with out in the woods. He in the woods, he could never hit the . And getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner.
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse(冲动), he aimed at it, hit it on the head, and killed it. He was shocked and sad. In panic, he hid it, , only to see his sister .Sally had seen all this, but she said nothing.
After lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, it’s your to wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the today, didn't you, Johnny?" And then she whispered to him, “Remember, the duck?"
So Johnny the dishes. Later Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and said, " I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make ."But Sally and said, “Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help," and she whispered ,“Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny .
After several days of Johnny doing his housework and Sally's, he couldn't stand it any longer.He came to Grandma and that he killed the duck.She bent down, gave him a , and said, “Sweetheart, . You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the thing. But because I love you, I forgave you.But I was just wondering how you would let Sally make a slave of you."
A.walked B.played C.practiced D.aimed
A.or B.and C.so D.but
A.bird B.target C.duck D.woods
A.dead B.square C.dying D.living
A.surveying B.noticing C.observing D.watching
A.choice B.fun C.turn D.role
A.toilet B.kitchen C.living-room D.fields
A.watched B.dropped C.did D.made
A.Grandma B.Grandpa C.Johnny D.Sally
A.cook B.lunch C.supper D.breakfast
A.laughed B.smiled C.cried D.wept
A.again B.only C.twice D.loudly
A.followed B.stayed C.remembered D.boated
A.all B.either C.neither D.both
A.secondly B.firstly C.finally D.thirdly
A.lied B.denied C.admitted D.spoke
A.beat B.pet C.surprise D.hug
A.I know B.you know C.he knows D.she knows
A.other B.whole C.funny D.dull
A./ B.much C.many D.long
I remember as a small child people would often ask me, "What are you going to be when you grow up?"Well, it being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer... As I grew older my dreams for the future . When, at last, I was in college, I had my set on becoming a preacher (牧师) like my father. I studied and prepared for that life. I reached the in the end and I was preaching full-time for much of my adult life.However, for many, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our . Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, but the thief is usually ourselves.We find just about reaching the top, and a "small" inside says, “You’ll never make .""You can’t possibly do this." On and on the "small" voice our failure. Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are . It is one of the most important tools we have, because it teaches us invaluable (极宝贵的) . When we learn these lessons well, we are ready success.The message I always gave my children was that you do anything that your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is to a willing heart." There are “overnight" successes, but with determination, they will come. Imagine yourself in the life you dream of . Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone it from you —especially yourself.
A.insisted on B.felt like C.started out D.kept on
A.failed B.changed C.planned D.left
A.eyes B.brain C.heart D.experience
A.But B.Or C.So D.Yet
A.agreement B.decision C.position D.aim
A.hardly B.slightly C.nearly D.extremely
A.money B.plan C.friends D.dreams
A.tallest B.greatest C.poorest D.oldest
A.ourselves B.yourselves C.themselves D.itself
A.sound B.voice C.noise D.speech
A.it B.him C.her D.me
A.expects B.predicts C.answers D.suffers
A.met B.defended C.understood D.realized
A.stages B.suggestions C.lessons D.choices
A.to B.for C.at D.with
A.used to B.are able to C.have to D.ought to
A.interesting B.impossible C.necessary D.important
A.many B.a few C.no D.some
A.living B.spending C.planning D.changing
A.buy B.fool C.borrow D.steal
My dad has been driving a truck for almost his entire life.He's usually all the weekdays and comes home only at weekends.Sometimes he stays for two weeks at a time. I don't get to see him as often as I wish, we remain very .
My dad is the type of person who doesn't let you up anything that you start.When I was eleven, my father bought me a piano. At first I was so about it that I would spend hours and hours learning how to play. Then it got .I was so tired of it that I asked if I could stop. Much as I tried, he me to go on.Now I have been playing for almost five years. I love it and I'm glad I my dad's advice.
My dad is talented, for he has been playing the guitar for over 20 years. Under his influence, I also like now. Sometimes my dad can be my biggest . He makes me smile even when I lose in a talent show sometimes he can be my biggest critic(批评家). He ignores the small mistakes I make. He encourages me never to lose because he thinks that all my efforts will one day.
My dad is generous. Every Thursday night, he to read to the children at a children's club. When he reads, their light up with curiosity about what will happen next. I feel of having a person in my family who cares enough to volunteer to .
I love my dad with all my heart. He's a hero in my heart and the most wonderful person in the world.
A. on B.with C.out D.in
A.home B.alone C.inside D.away
A.Even though B.In case C.If only D.As if
A.polite B.kind C.different D.close
A.put B.give C.take D.speed
A.nervous B.crazy C.familiar D.anxious
A.rough B.difficult C.boring D.disappointing
A.Persuaded B.promised C.reminded D.suggested
A.receive B.challenged C.listened D.took
A.Physically B.musically C.exactly D.typically
A.dancing B.composing C.writing D.drawing
A.supporter B.director C.scholar D.sponsor
A.however B.so C.still D.and
A.ever B.often C.even D.never
A.aim B.dream C.heart D.strength
A.come true B.take risks C.let out D.pay off
A.agrees B.likes C.offers D.intends
A.bodies B.arms C.faces D.hands
A.jealous B.optimistic C.happy D.proud
A.read B.help C.work D.Drive