Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 21 realize that those challenges are the very things that __22___ us and make us who we are .It is the same with challenges that come with __23____.
When we are faced with a challenge ,we usually have two __24___ .We can try to beat it off , or we can decide that the thing___25___ the challenge isn’t worth the__26___ and call it quits , Although there are certainly ___27___ when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __28___all that is needed is___29___ and communication.
When we are committed to something , it means that no matter how__30____ or how uncomfortable something is , we will always choose to__31___ it and work it through instead of running away from it . Communication is making __32____for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong .And__33___ you can say to a friend , “I got my feeling hurt.” __34____“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster .
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you , try to see them for__35___ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or__36____ on your way through life .Nothing is so big that it is __37___ to get over ,and hurt only__38__ to make us stronger .It is all part of growing up ,it__39____ to everyone ,and someday you will___30____ all of this and say ,”Hard as it was ,it made me who I am today .And that is a good thing .” A seem to B come to C hope to D try to
A design B promote C direct D shape
A confidence B pressure C friendship D difficulty
A opportunities B expectations C choices D aspects
A demanding B deserving C predicting D presenting
A comment B loss C trouble D expense
A spans B times C dates D ages
A cases B fields C parts D occasions
A assessment B commitment C encouragement D adjustment
A doubtful B shameful C harmful D painful
A keep B control C face D catch
A space B plan C topic D room
A if B as C while D unless
A other than B rather than C or rather D or else
A what B who C where D which
A pass by B come across C get through D run over
A easy B necessary C impossible D comfortable
A serves B means C aims D attempts
A opens B appeals C goes D happens
A look down on B look back on C look forward to D look up to
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big for the kids was the fun of Christmas .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for to share by all five of us.
The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, to be angry again. This is what she told me:
“I was looking thinking of what to buy, and I to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’.One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so as I did that day.
A.roof B.hat C.sky D.star
A.little B.less C.enough D.more
A.busy B.serious C.strict D.kind
A.effort B.room C.time D.money
A.improvement B.problem C.surprise D.excitement
A.shopping B.travelling C.parties D.greetings
A.the other B.each other C.one by one D.every other one
A.toys B.clothes C.presents D.bills
A.day B.chance C.cheque D.tree
A.forced B.reminded C.invited D.begged
A.draw B.stay C.move D.meet
A.including B.besides C.except D.regarding
A.quiet B.excited C.happy D.ashamed
A.since B.after C.while D.until
A.waiting B.ready C.hoping D.afraid
A.out B.over C.forward D.around
A.forgot B.stopped C.failed D.hated
A.wanted B.did C.got D.played
A.made B.searched C.bought D.fetched
A.angry B.rich C.patient D.bitter
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。
Two boys were walking down a road. They noticed a man in the field. The younger boy looked at his friend and said, “Let’s hide his shoes he won’t be able to find them. It must be funny!” The boy thought for a moment and said, “The looks poor. Have you seen his ? Let’s do this instead Let’s hide a silver coin in each shoe and how he deals with them.
The younger boy . They placed a silver coin in each shoe and hid nearby. Soon the farmer finished his work and came out. He put on a shoe and immediately felt the money his foot. He held the coin in his hand, looked at it in and wanted to know who had put it in his shoe. Then he to see who had done it, but no one was there. He then put on the shoe and felt the second coin. The man was so when he found one more coin in his shoe.
He then to his knees and said something. The boys could hear it as they were very close. The poor farmer in gratitude (感激). He spoke of his wife and his boys in need of food. He was thankful for the from an unknown person.
After the farmer , the boys came out from their hiding place and slowly started their long walk home. They felt inside. They learnt how wonderful it was to others.
A.working B.thinking C.reading D.singing
A.if B.or C.however D.so
A.smaller B.larger C.elder D.taller
A.boy B.man C.friend D.solider
A.clothes B.eyes C.hands D.houses
A.show B.ask C.know D.see
A.listened B.refused C.agreed D.shouted
A.in B.under C.on D.between
A.joy B.sadness C.surprise D.anger
A.looked around B.took off C.walked away D.joined in
A.other B.rest C.single D.new
A.calm B.excited C.frightened D.tired
A.got B.came C.rose D.dropped
A.honestly B.hardly C.easily D.sincerely
A.watched B.cried C.ran D.shared
A.sick B.short C.young D.beautiful
A.parcel B.advice C.food D.money
A.checked B.slept C.left D.understood
A.selfish B.happy C.upset D.grateful
A.invite B.teach C.call D.help
It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to _____ others' thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to ____others to vote for the person of your choice or to describe the ____ you want your hair cut ...the key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well.
Another ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man. Tell them all you know,and they'll be ____ by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.
Finally,talking gives you the ___ to release(释放) energy in a way that listening can't. When you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to ___your excitement with others by talking about it, ____ keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.
____ it is true that talking does have many advantages,it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you'll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to __ others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others ____ you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it's hard to be persuasive while you're listening, but your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____. Listening is often reciprocal(互惠的). “You get what you give.”
A.guess B.control C.disturb D.tease
A.insist B.advise C.persuade D.suggest
A.idea B.plan C.means D.way
A.habit B.energy C.power D.ability
A.obvious B.easy C.new D.special
A.catch B.gain C.remain D.declare
A.successful B.simple C.wise D.stupid
A.affected B.moved C.instructed D.impressed
A.fruitless B.homeless C.worthless D.senseless
A.pleasure B.course C.opportunity D.duty
A.in trouble B.in danger C.in debt D.in silence
A.reduce B.extend C.deepen D.widen
A.control B.share C.enjoy D.remove
A.or B.so C.for D.though
A.s B.When C.Since D.While
A.suppose B.aware C.realize D.imagine
A.fail B.cure C.hurt D.help
A.appreciate B.listen to C.envy D.support
A.kindness B.favour C.willingness D.concern
A.by turns B.in return C.in turn D.in order
I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar in most poor developing countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn’t been to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely.
A.signs B.crossroads C.stations D.theatres
A.giving B.buying C.selling D.throwing
A.scene B.play C.activity D.street
A.watching B.asking C.waiting D.changing
A.blocks B.crossings C.turns D.cars
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.expensive B.fashionable C.ragged D.fastened
A.pushed B.drove C.cleared D.felt
A.eventually B.quickly C.frequently D.happily
A.curiosity B.sympathy C.thirsty D.politeness
A.impatiently B.casually C.naturally D.carefully
A.keep B.return C.borrow D.count
A.poor B.superior C.limited D.enlarged
A.hand B.arm C.face D.lap
A.still B.yet C.so D.but
A.smiled B.shouted C.complained D.cried
A.pain B.poverty C.sadness D.loneliness
A.refused B.enjoyed C.doubted D.cheated
A.rich B.unfair C.kind D.bad
A.kindness B.courage C.experience D.challenge
A_ _ thing happened __ _ me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day __ _I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my_ _ stopped. It was out of gas on a_ _ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone_ _ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile __ _ I finally found a house near the __ _. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __ __. She said, “I’ve been __ __ for you here for a long time. Come in. _ _is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t _ _ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You_ _tea,” said she.
I quickly _ _that my car was out of_ _, but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept _ _me Alfred and talking about how long it had been _ _she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I_ _.
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my _ _, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t_ _ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
A.happy B.strange C.common D.bad
A.on B.in C.upon D.to
A.and B.so C.but D.that
A.car B.bus C.bike D.truck
A.narrow B.lonely C.crowded D.busy
A.what B.whom C.who D.how
A.before B.after C.while D.as
A.street B.path C.way D.road
A.came B.answered C.opened D.appeared
A.asking B.looking C.calling D.waiting
A.Gas B.Coffee C.Tea D.Lunch
A.consider B.understand C.accept D.think
A.like B.love C.used to like D.liking
A.answered B.explained C.refused D.promised
A.gas B.tea C.strength D.energy
A.calling B.call C.to call D.called
A.until B.before C.since D.when
A.could B.can C.would D.wanted
A.accident B.incident C.experience D.surprise
A.hit B.injury C.hurt D.frighten