One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would 16 the peace and quiet, watch the water rush 17 and listen to the singing of birds and the rustling of 18 in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees 19 under pressure from the wind and watch them 20 gracefully to their original position after the wind had 21 .
When I think about the bamboo tree's ability to bounce back to its original position, the word "resilience" comes to mind. When used in 22 to a person this word means the ability to readily 23 from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person's 24 .
Have you ever felt like you are at your 25 point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.
During the 26 you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, 27 exhausted and you most likely stood 28 physical symptoms.
Life is a 29 of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy 30 that take you close to your breaking point, bend, 31 don't break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
A 32 of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal (考验). With 33 for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to 34 if the final result is worth having.
If life gets 35 and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don't break!
A．see B．hear C．enjoy D．touch
A．downstream B．smoothly C．uphill D．peacefully
A．fruits B．branches C．roots D．leaves
A．move B．bend C．fall D．decline
A．go B．turn C．return D．suffer
A．died down B．died off C．died away D．died out
A．honor of B．reward to C．reference to D．favor of
A．recover B．suffer C．come D．escape
A．thoughts B．mind C．body D．emotions
A．starting B．breaking C．standing D．tiring
A．practice B．experiment C．victory D．experience
A．possibly B．terribly C．mentally D．probably
A．unpleasant B．unreasonable C．exciting D．good
A．result B．change C．wonder D．mixture
A．events B．moments C．adventures D．changes
A．but B．however C．though D．and
A．little B．number C．measure D．little
A．idea B．hope C．imagination D．search
A．deal with B．look into C．depend on D．get stuck
A．acceptable B．wrong C．tough D．cozy
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final . All the kids had been working hard for some time, review their . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to them in September. There were usually a few who , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year. She worked so hard that her mother her. Jane went bed late. The night before the big day, her mother that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to her up in the morning.
Jane was too to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the did work. In no time she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer of the questions. Everyone her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time, she looked at her . Time was running . There was only an hour . She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another. With only an hour left, she wrote two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible . A minute later, called her name.
A．harvests B．exams C．reports D．papers
A．exercises B．jobs C．books D．lessons
A．take B．write C．attend D．do
A．cheated B．succeeded C．passed D．failed
A．cared about B．felt proud of C．worried about D．thought highly of
A．advised B．agreed C．promised D．allowed
A．ring B．wake C．put D．pick
A．sad B．tired C．happy D．nervous
A．dream B．pill C．suggestion D．music
A．all B．none C．any D．some
A．ahead of B．behind C．in front of D．around
A．Unless B．However C．Though D．As
A．watch B．paper C．teacher D．book
A．up B．down C．out D．over
A．run B．left C．remaining D．go
A．gave out B．gave up C．put off D．put out
A．another B．more C．other D．the other
A．thinking B．dreaming C．crying D．writing
A．exam B．dream C．story D．night
A．her mother B．her teacher C．a classmate D．a friend
Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. When she was 16, her father her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and education, the future didn't look bright for Lilly.
Lilly's father was a stubborn man who took “no” for an answer. He told Lilly to find a job. With small hope of gaining , each day, she would just ride to the city, walk around and at dusk return home.
On one of her trips, Lilly saw a sign at a big company. she knocked on her very first door. In her English, Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the position of being a secretary. The manager to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a single letter, and then . Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11：40 a．m. She thought everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon, when she could away in the crowd. But she knew she should the letter.
On her first try, Lilly got through one line of five words and made four mistakes. On her second attempt, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock: 11：55—five minutes to . Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly over to Lilly, read the letter and said, “Lilly, you're doing work !”
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her began to grow. Lilly thought，“Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay！” Lilly did stay—all because someone gave a and uncertain girl the gift of self---confidence when she knocked on the door.
A．reminded B．forced C．encouraged D．helped
A．poor B．formal C．good D．modern
A．often B．usually C．sometimes D．hardly
A．employment B．improvement C．judgment D．development
A．carefully B．happily C．aimlessly D．rapidly
A．Confidently B．Proudly C．Calmly D．Nervously
A．broken B．perfect C．written D．fluent
A．refused B．decided C．pretended D．failed
A．stopped B．continued C．left D．sighed
A．break B．slip C．pass D．drive
A．read B．write C．attempt D．deliver
A．freedom B．success C．discussion D．reward
A．terrible B．excellent C．honest D．easy
A．belief B．patience C．confidence D．strength
A．shy B．lonely C．selfless D．modest
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God's way of taking care of us. But do you find real friendship and keep it?"
The Care and Keeping of Friends American author Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends.
Sally says finding friendship is just like a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should a friend. What a good friend? It is not a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should your complaints (抱怨) and do their to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and your lives.
But things cannot always be . Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a with your friend? You have to talk to them. When there is no one around, have an honest talk.
If he or she doesn't want to , you could write a letter.
Sally says there are three steps to being again: Tell him or her how you are ___ ; say what your friend has done wrong, and why you did this or that. The book also has on some small but things like celebrating your friends' success. you haven't had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you this book. because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
A．How B．Why C．where D．when
A．for B．in C．with D．by
A．Watering B．planting C．cutting D．burning
A．Hunt B．Communicate C．choose D．exchange
A．gets B．Makes C．Takes D．changes
A．unless B．what C．while D．because
A．handsome B．kind C．smart D．rich
A．listen to B．get away from C．care about D．watch out
A．Work B．task C．best D．service
A．share B．Live C．discover D．cheer
A．sad B．sorry C．worried D．happy
A．tour B．fight C．talk D．agreement
A．say B．tell C．speaks D．talk
A．friends B．Students C．teachers D．e-friends
A．think B．feeling C．doing D．consider
A．Correct B．understand C．explain D．describe
A．advice B．experience C．expression D．exercise
A．Basic B．Particular C．important D．simple
A．Even though B．As if C．In case D．Only if
A．buy B．read C．Hear D．know
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do and something to hope for.
When I was three years old, I slept on a very bed in a large room with twenty-five other boys and girls In orphanage (孤儿院) in Hungary, Kristin, my , and I had been taken from our birth mother to the orphanage when we were only babies because she couldn't take care of us. We had lived in the orphanage for about six months by the time Christmas came. None of us got any presents . We got two meals a day but the bread was hard and the food was . I had one good friend at the orphanage named Attila, and we talk a lot about what it would be like to have somebody come and take us away from there. Our dream was to have a family and do things that most other children did.
Two or three times, people came to the orphanage and talked to my sister Kristin and me, but they came back to see us again.
One day, a pretty lady with long hair and a big man with glasses came to see Kristin and me. We understand what they were saying, but the Hungarian girl, was with them, told us that they had come from a faraway place called America，and that they wanted to adopt us and us back with them to America. We were so excited and . When I told Attila what was going to happen, he was very and didn't want us to leave him there. I told him he should ask the big man if he would take him he could come to America and be my brother. The time the man and the lady came, he jumped up into the man's lap and asked him if he could come with us. But, since the man didn't speak he didn't know what Attila wanted and just at him.
Kristin and I on a great big jet to America. Things very different but wonderful here. Everyone here is very nice and the food tastes great, and I have my own room with a big bed and lots of clothes. America is a great place and I am very happy here.
After a year, we went with a group of children to a special ceremony where we were made of the United States!
A．big B．comfortable C．small D．pleasant
A．an B．a C．the D．one
A．friend B．sister C．cousin D．neighbor
A．at all B．above all C．of all D．in all
A．delicious B．terrible C．salty D．expensive
A．had to B．ought to C．happened to D．used to
A．true B．real C．own D．big
A．often B．never C．regularly D．occasionally
A．did B．could C．couldn’t D．can
A．who B．whose C．that D．which
A．take B．bring C．carry D．fetch
A．sorry B．sad C．happy D．unlucky
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．unlucky
A．in case B．so that C．as soon as D．as if
A．following B．next C．last D．every
A．English B．French C．Russian D．Hungarian
A．smiled B．laughed C．cried D．fired
A．flew B．drove C．rode D．sat
A．sound B．look C．feel D．taste
A．citizens B．children C．boys D．people
Mr. Gray travelled a lot on business: He sold machines of different kinds to farmers.
He had a big car, and usually driving it long distances, but he was quite satisfied to go by sometimes too, especially when the was bad. He was a little afraid of driving in rain or snow, and it was tiring to sit comfortably in a train and looked out of the window without being worried about how was going to get to the next place.
One of Mr. Gray’s problems was often to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He did not great comfort and wonderful food, but he found it annoying (使恼火) when he was given a cold room, and there was no hot water or food after a long and day.
Late winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The by train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and . He was looking forward to a simple satisfying meal by a brightly burning fire，and then a hot bath and comfortable bed. he was walking to the taxi rank, he said to a local man who was also there. “As this is my first visit to this of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to about hotels before l left home, I would very much like to know you have here.”
The local man answered, “We have .”
“And which would you me to go to ?”Mr. Gray asked him.
The local man thought for a while and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: Whichever one you go to, you’ll be you didn’t go to the other.”
A．considered B．practised C．imagined D．enjoyed
A．train B．car C．himself D．plane
A．business B．condition C．road D．weather
A．least B．most C．less D．more
A．if B．one C．that D．she
A．where B．how C．what D．when
A．know B．need C．expect D．like
A．comfortable B．tiring C．nice D．special
A．that B．one C．the D．a
A．journey B．experience C．travel D．distance
A．unhappy B．sleepy C．angry D．hungry
A．but B．and C．or D．however
A．Until B．After C．Before D．While
A．walking B．looking on C．waiting D．visiting
A．town B．station C．land D．part
A．talk B．think C．move D．find out
A．what B．which one C．how many D．how
A．three B．one C．none D．two
A．want B．allow C．advise D．expect
A．sorry B．satisfied C．amused D．comfortable