When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 1 your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so 2 when things like this happened-----until September 11, 2001.
I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks before, I saw the disaster 3 on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 4 as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the 5 brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the 6 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not 7 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 8 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the 9 looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while 10 in all the debris.
Then it 11 me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.
A feeling of coldness 12 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily 13 to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real 14 in life was.
This disaster 15 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just 16 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a 17 that I may never tell them that 18 .
Not getting a new CD is not going to 19 my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would 20 make my life miserable.
9/11 showed me just what I am.
A．or B．so C．but D．for
A．unfair B．uncomfortable C．unbelievable D．uncertain
A．happen B．occur C．strike D．unfold
A．lives B．families C．houses D．friends
A．curtains B．buildings C．gates D．bedrooms
A．seats B．planes C．corners D．streets
A．believing B．thinking C．caring D．knowing
A．join B．save C．meet D．calm
A．puzzled B．severe C．dirty D．desperate
A．hidden B．found C．trapped D．placed
A．hit B．surprised C．rewarded D．told
A．cooled B．dropped C．ran D．passed
A．happened B．compared C．related D．turned
A．relationship B．problem C．need D．fate
A．persuaded B．reminded C．taught D．informed
A．to B．in C．at D．on
A．story B．doubt C．chance D．plan
A．ever B．once C．enough D．again
A．end B．save C．spare D．break
A．rather B．truly C．probably D．frequently
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 41 began when I was just a kid. I 42 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time reading than they 44 watching television. She announced that my brother and I
45 watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 46 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 47 . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered h
igh school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 48 the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 49 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 50 at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 51 food and pay the bills. With the money that is 52 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 53 with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 54 left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 55a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _56__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 57 and became an A-student again. Finally, I 58 my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 59 formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 60 than parenting.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．kept up with B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．cost B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read B．give C．hold D．explain
A．mystery B．risk C．fool D．trick
A．wanted B．attracted C．recognised D．accepted
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．test on D．keep in touch with
A．serving B．looking C．working D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．me D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．buy B．operate C．keep D．send
A．Success B．Failure C．Faith D．Comfort
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．clothes
A．made B．realised C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．some D．high
A．interesting B．gentle D．bitter
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I just came home from visiting my 90-year-old grandpa after his heart surgery. We talked and laughed and before I left he __36__me, told me that he loved me and told me not to be_37_ if he died because he had loved his life.
When my mom was in hospital due to breast cancer, I went to _38_ her. She wasn’t in her _39_. When I headed for the Nurses Station to _40_ her, I saw her coming down the hall. “ Mom, why are you out of bed? Where have you been?” She _41_ and said she’d been to the nursery floor to visit the babies.
My lifelong friend almost lost her 50-year-old husband to cancer._42_, she did her full-time job at the hospital and two other jobs to _43_ losing their house. She continued to laugh, love and find_44_ every single day in life.
And on and on---------
Maybe that’s part of why I have a positive _45_. I’m really lucky to know so many _46_ people. I’ve known so many people in my life who have _47_ the difficulties and the horrors of life with grace, humor and _48_.
When you say life isn’t worth _49_, when you say you want to die, when _50_ you know has used you, abused you, _51_ you, hated you, it’s you, your _52_ that have created a life for yourself that you don’t feel is worth living and a life no one else wants to live with you. I don’t feel_53_ for you. I don’t care about you. You’re a coward(懦夫). _54_, you should try to change things, move _55_ and learn something from the things you have experienced. Then maybe someone will really care about you.
A．drew B．pulled C．hugged D．showed
A．frightened B．sad C．nervous D．astonished
A．support B．visit C．encourage D．invite
A．bed B．office C．house D．chair
A．hold B．remind C．scold D．find
A．sighed B．smiled C．nodded D．cried
A．Fortunately B．Gradually C．Unbelievably D．Actually
A．avoid B．stop C．risk D．forget
A．work B．advice C．surprise D．joy
A．attitude B．reply C．demand D．belief
A．romantic B．humorous C．optimistic D．careful
A．lived for B．shown off C．looked for D．gone through
A．strength B．courage C．feelings D．spirits
A．living B．fighting C．losing D．noticing
A．someone B．nobody C．everyone D．everything
A．left B．envied C．educated D．appreciated
A．selfishness B．bravery C．behavior D．honesty
A．proud B．sorry C．excited D．happy
A．Otherwise B．Besides C．However D．Instead
A．downward B．backward C．leftward D．forward
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In the seventh grade when my mother suggested that I should join the golf team, I thought she had lost her mind. But as 36 , my mother won in the end. I 37 on the junior school golf team in the seventh and eighth grade. The summer before 38 school came, I had a burning 39 to play on the high school team.
That summer I 40 almost every Sunday morning on the golf course (高尔夫球场) with my 41 , and too many afternoons counting on the course with my mother. This 42 relationship with my parents 43 during my high school years, and Mom and I 44 it to the hours spent together on the golf course. 45 you're walking down the freshly mowed fairway (高尔夫球场上的平坦大道), staring (凝视) out 46 miles of nothing but golf course, and looking up at the beautiful blue sky, you will realize 47 is important in life. My mom and I have solved most of the world's48 there and plan to write a book together one day. We talk about such things in the middle of a round of (一轮比赛) golf as we would never do at 49 , where she is Mom and I am an annoying ( 惹人烦恼的 ) teenager. On the golf course, we're just two people who 50 golf.
51 has become part of my life during the past years. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. There is 52 I love more than a perfect autumn morning, riding around in a golf cart with my dad. Golf has 53 me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to 54 that all of it is thanks to my mom who 55 me join that middle school golf team. She was right -- as usual.
A．much B．well C．usual D．normal
A．played B．joined C．got D．went
A．junior B．high C．primary D．college
A．fire B．opinion C．hope D．desire
A．took B．spent C．cost D．bought
A．father B．mother C．sister D．teacher
A．funny B．unhappy C．close D．lasting
A．changed B．began C．broke D．continued
A．owe B．lead C．lend D．explain
A．Until B．When C．How D．Why
A．in B．through C．across D．into
A．that B．who C．which D．what
A．problems B．questions C．answers D．secrets
A．school B．home C．table D．course
A．discover B．hate C．love D．think
A．Walking B．Studying C．Talking D．Golfing
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
A．shaped B．controlled C．helped D．given
A．regret B．accept C．consider D．support
A．appreciated B．brought C．made D．invited
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She watched her little girl at play through her window. Memories 34 back to her childhood.
She remembered that when she was a little girl, her mother would kiss her face every night when she was about to go to bed with her toys. 35 , she left home when 36 to college. Then she got married. Her work and family 37 her from visiting her mum, who is now 
living alone.
Thinking of this, she realized that she hadn’t 38 her mum for a long time. So she 39
the phone.
“Dear, I miss you,” there came her mum’s 40 . “Someone said that I should give you a
41 before you left home, but I didn’t. I want to kiss you now, but I can’t do it through a phone.”
“You kissed me every night when I was 42 ,” she said in a low voice.
“You’re right, honey. Those days were so nice. But I feel 43 now when looking through your bedroom window.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks. Not knowing how to comfort her, she hung up 44 .
She picked up her pen and wrote a letter to her mum.
Dear Mum,
Thank you for what you’ve done for me. There’s no greater love than yours. Mum, you may not know how many times I saw you watch me play. The 45 that you looked through is the same one that God looked in. He saw you by my bed each night when you’d tenderly tuck me in (把被子盖好). But since I was 46 at that time, I didn’t know how great this love was. It is not until I have my own 47 to tuck in, to watch through the window 48 I understand your love for me. We are the same now. So Mum, please don’t feel lonely; you know I’ll always be there.
A．flooded B．turned C．left D．entered
A．Actually B．Instead C．However D．Generally
A．awarded B．admitted C．allowed D．carried
A．caught B．protected C．took D．prevented
A．heard B．called C．remembered D．watched
A．hung up B．put up C．picked up D．set up
A．letter B．ring C．chance D．kiss
A．back B．home C．away D．out
A．excited B．terrified C．lonely D．upset
A．in relief B．in a hurry C．in a way D．in peace
A．door B．window C．phone D．home
A．loved B．tired C．young D．old
A．toy B．boy C．mother D．child
A．that B．what C．who D．which
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One factor that can influence consumers is their mood(情绪) state. Mood may be described ____21____ a temporary and mild positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied to any particular circumstance. Moods should be ____22____ from feelings which are usually much more stronger ____23____ to specific circumstances, and often conscious. In one sense, the effect of a consumer’s mood can be thought of in ____24____ the same way as our reactions to the ____25____ of our friends — when our friends are happy and “up”, that tends to influence us positively, but when they are “down”, that can have a negative impact on us. ____26____, consumers operating under a given mood state tend to react to stimuli(刺激因素) in a direction consistent with that mood state. Thus, for example, we should expect to see consumers in a positive mood state evaluate products in more of a ____27____ manner than they would when not in such a state. Moreover, mood states appear able to enhance(增强) a consumer’s memory.
Moods appear to be readily influenced by marketing ____28____. For example, the rhythm(节奏), pitch, and volume of music has been shown to influence behavior such as ____29____ of time spent in supermarkets or intention to purchase products. In addition, advertising can influence consumer’s moods which, in ____30____, are more likely to influence consumers’ reactions to products.
21. A. as B. about C. by D. with
22. A. developed B. discouraged C. divided D. distinguished
23. A. related B. referred C. attachedD. associated
24. A. nearly B. much C. evenD. still
25. A. signal B. gesture C. viewD. behavior
26. A. Similarly B. However C. ThereforeD. Besides
27. A. casual B. confident C. seriousD. favorable
28. A. tendency B. techniques C. temperatureD. operation
29. A. degree B. amount C. numberD. range
30. A. turn B. total C. detailD. depth