It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 36 any November day. His 37 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it 38 . One morning, I walked slowly 39 and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, 40 those good people would not see me. I was 41 . My first thought was, how would I ever 42 them? I didn’t have the 43 to brush my hair, 44 clear someone’s walk.
Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I 45 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence（能力） and 46 . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 47 myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and 48 from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a 49 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over, I heard 50 words from the people who supported me during those 51 days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your 52 may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
I am not the person I 53 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 54 . I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from 55 one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.
A．on B．in C．like D．for
A．body B．soul C．shoe D．footprint
A．sweep up B．drop off C．fall down D．pile up
A．upstairs B．downstairs C．indoors D．outdoors
A．so B．yet C．and D．for
A．delighted B．disappointed C．annoyed D．ashamed
A．pay B．award C．reward D．treat
A．courage B．strength C．spirit D．power
A．stand alone B．leave alone C．sit alone D．let alone
A．frequently B．gradually C．hardly D．uncertainly
A．intelligence B．independence C．excellence D．qualification
A．achieve B．praise C．respect D．promote
A．supply B．support C．contribution D．similar
A．burden B．job C．business D．sorrow
A．sensitive B．same C．considerate D．similar
A．blue B．rainy C．bright D．snowy
A．despair B．difficulty C．pain D．regret
A．still B．once C．even D．never
A．worse B．less C．more D．better
A．facing B．noticing C．managing D．expressing
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
As I walked past a store, I saw it, my dream coat. I’d been searching for the wonderful style that I’d first in a magazine. I tried it on. It fit . I wrapped the coat around myself like a (n) .
I knew that I shouldn’t buy myself a present at Christmas time. I’d the gifts for my family long before. Mom had me into buying a coat months ago. , I earned this by working all last summer. Still, I felt just a little . “It is more blessed (幸福的) to give than to receive”. Those haunted (萦绕) me all day. But I also wanted my dream coat.
The next morning, on the school bus, I my friend, Kate. I recognized her dress as the same one she’d yesterday and the day before.
At dinner, I asked my parents about Kate’s family.
“I hear that her mother worked at the factory that just and his father is an alcoholic. He probably drank up all the money his wife .”
That night I dreamed about Kate sitting beside a tree on Christmas morning, looking in our windows, when we opened gift after gift. When I awoke, I was of what I had to do.
At breakfast, I my plan to my family. It I wasn’t the only one who was thinking that way. I bought a basic but outfit (一套衣服) for Kate. We didn’t go to Kate’s until we were certain everyone would be in bed. Dad turned the car lights off I approached her house.
The first day back to school after Christmas , Kate was dressed in the clothes I’d given her. The outfit seemed to fit well.
It’s been many years now that Christmas Eve, and I have not forgotten it. I learned the of giving.
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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。
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not ________every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking ________ because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I________and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地).________, failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to________us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we________, the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the________without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. ________ we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than ________. In other words, we shouldn’t only ________ on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the________we’ll be. If failure is a bird without ________ , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be________by the wide blue sky, why don’t we________ adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure________us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may ________ in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who ________? Life is like a box of chocolates, and you________ know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the ________. Smile at ________and smile at life.
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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。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls (灵魂) ______ their souls belonged to the ______ .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______ in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I can’t talk with you. I’ m ______”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---and, ______, he was playing a computer game--- a war game. I was _____ .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______ to speak to that computer geek(电脑玩家)，______ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was ______ . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ ______ !” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ______ , and saw nobody showed any interest.
______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ______ having a relationship with the ______, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ______ that the coffee was bad, ______Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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Is the world really going mad? _____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of _____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
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You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place ____you socialize and learn to get along with people. But this is ___easy. What can you do ____you just don't like one of your classmates?
If you discover that you have problems ____your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ____to recognize and respect the ____in others. We cannot change the way that other people act, ____it is important to learn to live happily with them.
Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better ____with each other. Getting to know someone may help you ____ why they do things ____from you. It is important to remember that just because something is different does not mean that it is bad. ____ teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind.
One thing to ____is the old saying, "Treat others how you want ____". You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is ____to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate____, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to ____who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you will be ____of the differences in others and not try to make them change.
It is important to _____tolerance because it will make everyone's lives easier. Learn to ____people for their different abilities and interests. The world is a very ____place, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.
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