In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_17_together on a road when they came to a very_18_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _19 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _21 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _22 all his food and drink, since he _23 see that money would be of little _24 to them. He made sure that they each _25 their fair share and would have enough food to _26 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _27 and went straight through the _28 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_29 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _30 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 31 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 32 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 33 the gold and valuables they had been 34 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 35 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
A．loss B．expectations C．success D．problems
A．standing B．travelling C．gathering D．running
A．faraway B．poor C．different D．ancient
A．unless B．because C．so D．if
A．them B．anything C．nothing D．those
A．curious B．worrying C．dangerous D．puzzling
A．the villagers B．his servants C．the others D．the rest
A．could B．might C．should D．must
A．interest B．concern C．use D．attraction
A．returned B．gained C．offered D．received
A．remain B．last C．supply D．share
A．turned back B．set out C．showed off D．speeded
A．village B．land C．field D．road
A．whether B．how C．where D．when
A．good B．certain C．true D．strange
A．welcomed B．met C．accepted D．persuaded
A．still B．already C．always D．indeed
A．except B．instead of C．apart from D．along with
A．loading B．treasuring C．carrying D．earning
A．food B．jewels C．money D．seeds
阅读下面的短文，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。
“They’re going to kick me out of my own home,” said Karl Berger, 86 years old. Karl is a widower with no living children. When Karl’s wife died a couple of years ago, he told the Social Security Administration to stop monthly checks to his wife. But the agency to send the checks. Karl called again; a clerk said not to . He told Karl to mail a follow-up that included his wife's of death. But the checks continued to come. Karl needed the money, he cashed his wife’s checks.
When SSA realized its mistake, it sent Karl a letter saying that he SSA $5,900 plus interest. Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is slightly poverty level. The only that he ever had--$5,000--was on his wife’s funeral. He fought on Iwo Jima, site of one of the most furious battles of World War II. The battle left him in one ear and almost blind in one eye.
His small house used to be in a good neighborhood. He takes the bus once a week to visit his wife's . The rest of his time is spent at home, where he carves military figures that he donates to a local charity. The charity the carvings and uses the money to help feed the homeless.
SSA gave Karl six months to pay the debt in . Otherwise, the SSA letter said, the agency would seize his home. Karl wrote back, asking if it would be okay to $30 a month. That was all he could .
“That’s insufficient,” said William Shatner, an SSA agent. “We know that he is a war veteran, but that doesn’t entitle him to the debt . He knew that his wife was dead, yet he cashed her monthly . That is fraud, pure and simple.”
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Times were tough in our household. My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him. In addition to going to nursing school full-time, I was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather meal one night, I answered the ringing phone. With no , a voice asked,“Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.” Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
I was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ? When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. , lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy（轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation! “Look around. If you see what you want, yourself.”He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn’t be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man. “Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then” was his reply.
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped” in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
A．worrying B．boring C．confusing D．promising
A．just B．even C．ever D．also
A．delicious B．necessary C．simple D．ordinary
A．information B．communication C．introduction D．instruction
A．physical B．financial C．educational D．social
A．trusted B．accepted C．recognized D．satisfied
A．certainly B．originally C．actually D．barely
A．chance B．step C．decision D．measure
A．future B．possibility C．trap D．kindness
A．appointed B．directed C．guided D．requested
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．However
A．discovered B．greeted C．reminded D．examined
A．help B．enjoy C．behave D．seat
A．welcome B．supply C．assistance D．message
A．mostly B．eventually C．absolutely D．accidentally
A．leave out B．drop out C．run out D．get out
A．interesting B．worthwhile C．mysterious D．astonishing
A．usable B．additional C．acceptable D．valuable
A．recalled B．sought C．identified D．inspected
A．although B．since C．before D．Until
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。
I used to bury myself in despair（绝望）. Last year my mother from stroke（中风）and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade（柠檬汁）" by American writer Dale Carnegie.
“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What can I get from this? How can I my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade’” he wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things . When my mother was fighting for , I should have held h hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't a prize. If I had not this article, I would definitely have felt again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become and strong. When life us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
A．resulted B．suffered C．survived D．escaped
A．hope B．wonder C．idea D．doubt
A．pain B．anxiety C．fear D．pressure
A．received B．sold C．fixed D．lost
A．unbelievable B．enthusiastic C．angry D．terrible
A．diseases B．memories C．incidents D．difficulties
A．when B．until C．though D．since
A．lesson B．lemonade C．decision D．challenge
A．control B．accept C．improve D．avoid
A．realized B．thought C．discovered D．predicted
A．healthy B．independent C．serious D．positive
A．exactly B．differently C．easily D．practically
A．recovery B．dream C．freedom D．happiness
A．shouting B．hiding C．quarreling D．challenging
A．expect B．miss C．win D．refuse
A．figured out B．written down C．put forward D．come across
A．embarrassed B．discouraged C．excited D．concerned
A．performance B．experience C．progress D．effect
A．brave B．calm C．famous D．clever
A．shows B．makes C．gives D．sends
On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”
Neilson .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a , heard the screams and began running .
When they Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the carjacker （劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose —— but with a full head of hair—— had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she says, “many people would have done what they did, and that’s the real truth.”
A．bring B．let C．gather D．send
A．recognized B．watched C．noticed D．met
A．realize B．understand C．imagine D．conclude
A．escaped B．struggled C．refused D．obeyed
A．by B．around C．with D．on
A．burying B．forgetting C．offering D．grabbing
A．trip B．visit C．break D．holiday
A．started B．stopped C．entered D．reached
A．carefully B．madly C．disappointedly D．patiently
A．fought B．turned C．jumped D．shouted
A．match B．target C．equal D．companion
A．remind B．phone C．invite D．beg
A．rolled B．folded C．bent D．tied
A．angrily B．kindly C．coldly D．warmly
A．caught B．thanked C．comforted D．ignored
A．ordinary B．professional C．honest D．outstanding
A．picture B．background C．character D．story
A．and B．but C．though D．when
A．ridiculous B．similar C．strange D．different
A．sometimes B．never C．often D．forever
There is a sharing policy at my son's preschool．The policy is that a child can keep a toy as long as they want to．If another child wants the toy, they have to until the first child is done with it．We are “save” toys for the child if they have to go to the bathroom, or go to the snack table, etc．so that it won't be before they are done．This applies to anything in the school that can be , including swings（秋千）and monkey bars．
That is the that all the kids know, so they don't feel uncomfortable when you tell them, “You can have it was Sally Joe is done．” But I've been noticing a totally different attitude towards in other places where I go．Gradually（逐渐地）, I'm starting to why the rule of the school is important．Here is a（n） of sharing practices that I've seen lately．My good friend and her were at the park one day．He had a small car from home to play with．Another child, a lot bit , wanted to play with the car and was demanding that my friend's son him the car．A typical little boy fighting started．I stopped them ．I heard the other mother told her son angrily, “I guess his mom didn't him how to share”, which I don't think so．
I think that it is to teach a child that he should have something that someone else has, simply because he wants it． it belongs to someone else, not yours．If you want to share his, “No” is a perfectly response, unless he's ready to share with you or you it with something．Even if it is something public, when another is playing it, you should wait for your politely．Therefore, how to share and how to treat it are important．
A．see B．wait C．say D．cry
A．ever B．yet C．even D．also
A．Taken B．studied C．damaged D．improved
A．covered up B．made up C．dealt with D．played with
A．difficulty B．growth C．rule D．answer
A．finally B．immediately C．Rarely D．recently
A．working B．helping C．sharing D．supporting
A．understand B．wonder C．decide D．suggest
A．way B．example C．step D．idea
A．son B．daughter C．sister D．brother
A．brought B．borrowed C．sent D．picked
A．cooler B．older C．slower D．cleverer
A．make B．buy C．give D．promise
A．strangely B．happily C．heavily D．hurriedly
A．ask B．control C．teach D．force
A．necessary B．harmful C．special D．powerful
A．Imagine B．Guess C．Doubt D．Remember
A．wrong B．hard C．normal D．great
A．develop B．fill C．compare D．exchange
A．use B．turn C．chance D．Result