One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank．There I would 36 the peace and quiet, watch the water rush 37 and listen to the singing of birds and the rustling of 38 in the trees．I would also watch the bamboo trees 39 under pressure from the wind and watch them 40 gracefully to their original position after the wind had 41 ．
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 42 to a person, this word means the ability to readily 43 from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person's 44 ．
Have you ever felt like you are at your 45 point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it．
During the 46 you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health．You felt emotionally drained（枯竭）, 47 exhausted and you most likely stood 48 physical symptoms．
Life is a 49 of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments．The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy 50 that take you close to your breaking point, bend, 51 don't break．Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you．
A measure of hope will take you 52 the unpleasant ordeal （考验）．With 53 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 54 if the final result is worth having．
If life gets 55 and you are at your breaking point, show resilience．Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don't break!
A．see B．hear C．touch D．enjoy
A．smoothly B．downstream C．uphill D．peacefully
A．fruits B．branches C．leaves D．roots
A．bend B．move C．fall D．decline
A．go B．turn C．return D．suffer
A．died away B．died off C．died down D．died out
A．honor of B．reward to C．favor of D．reference to
A．escape B．suffer C．come D．recover
A．emotions B．mind C．body D．thoughts
A．starting B．breaking C．standing D．tiring
A．practice B．experiment C．experience D．victory
A．possibly B．mentally C．terribly D．probably
A．unpleasant B．unreasonable C．exciting D．good
A．result B．change C．mixture D．wonder
A．moments B．events C．adventures D．changes
A．however B．but C．though D．and
A．away B．through C．apart D．out
A．idea B．search C．imagination D．hope
A．get stuck B．look into C．depend on D．deal with
A．tough B．wrong C．acceptable D．cozy
Just listen
I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our 36 , and especially if it’s given from the37 . When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but38 them. Just take them 39 . Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than 40 it.
One of my patients told me that when she41 to tell her story, people often 42 to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her. Subtly, her pain became a story about themselves. 43 she stopped talking to most people. It was just too44 . We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the45 of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.
I have ever learned to46 to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾) 47 I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them 48 , to take them out of their 49 of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there50 them.
This51 thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been 52 since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too 53 to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more54 to connect than the most well-intentioned(善意的)55 .
A．introduction B．instruction C．attention D．relaxation
A．head B．memory C．mind D．heart
A．talk to B．listen to C．object to(反对) D．stick to(坚持)
A．in B．up C．off D．away
A．denying(否认) B．remembering C．questioning D．understanding
A．managed B．tried C．hoped D．expected
A．encouraged B．interrupted C．discouraged D．urged
A．Eventually B．Immediately C．Completely D．Especially
A．impolite B．meaningless C．lonely D．selfish
A．middle B．focus C．center D．choice
A．respond B．compare C．link D．regret
A．unless B．if C．until D．when
A．down B．away C．in D．off
A．experiment B．mixture C．judgment D．experience
A．with B．against C．for D．among
A．complex(费解的) B．simple C．single D．complicated(复杂的)
A．mentioned B．published C．taught D．proved
A．shy B．greedy C．active D．proud
A．strength B．energy C．power D．force
A．gestures B．praise C．criticism D．words
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 36 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it37 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 38 everywhere. I tried to use a broom(扫帚), 39 with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the 40 , I found a pea—in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 41 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 42 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining43 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful44 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded45 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 46 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered(破碎). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 47 his new surroundings and the 48 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled(洒落) frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered(撒开).
When life gets you 49 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never50 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be51 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 52 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 53 you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 54 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 55 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
A．drink B．fruit C．meat D．vegetable
A．slipped B．walked C．ran D．moved
A．rubbed B．rolled C．grew D．existed
A．so B．and C．although D．but
A．bedroom B．living room C．kitchen D．storeroom
A．getting up B．taking up C．turning up D．using up
A．found B．ate C．left D．planted
A．peas B．cans C．vegetables D．presents
A．man B．child C．woman D．boy
A．for B．with C．in D．of
A．wife B．life C．son D．friend
A．adapting to B．leading to C．turning to D．adding to
A．thank B．love C．help D．loss
A．wide B．near C．down D．close
A．get it B．make it C．take it D．leave it
A．grew B．collected C．bought D．frozen
A．eventually B．fortunately C．properly D．specially
A．both B．either C．all D．each
A．call on B．put on C．bring on D．move on
A．while B．or C．since D．because
Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter (避难所)for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was 36 only two classes in summer school, so I had some 37 time.
Three nights a week, I 38 in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and 39 for 45 people hot meals 40 vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people 41 this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.
I42 this volunteer work, making 43 with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, 44 me.
I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories 45 me with sympathy (同情). Some of them had 46 with alcohol(酒精) or drugs while others only had bad 47 . One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and 48 she lost her job. She looked for a 49 job, but couldn’t find one, for she was too 50 . She could do nothing but sell her furniture — sofas, chairs, and tables 51 she could pay for her food. The woman 52 on job hunting, but she 53 couldn’t find one. She had no money for her 54 and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, afraid and 55 , she finally came to the shelter.
A．studying B．planning C．holding D．taking
A．full B．free C．extra D．long
A．helped B．waited C．appeared D．washed
A．ordered B．bought C．cooked D．finished
A．with B．from C．by D．in
A．demanded B．needed C．collected D．requested
A．wanted B．had C．owned D．enjoyed
A．decisions B．wishes C．friends D．changes
A．as B．like C．except D．besides
A．full B．filled C．caught D．provided
A．habits B．worries C．difficulties D．problems
A．luck B．pain C．experience D．loss
A．so B．again C．then D．thus
A．good B．fresh C．skilled D．new
A．old B．poor C．sick D．dull
A．if B．because C．so that D．in case
A．went B．moved C．came D．worked
A．also B．still C．almost D．even
A．block B．car C．building D．flat
A．homeless B．curious C．shocked D．mad
Due to the increasing number of violent acts produced in schools all over the world, more and more parents prefer to have their children educated at home rather than at school. This way they can assure their safety and well-being. Teachers and school representatives are trying to improve the situation in schools by increasing the number of the persons charged with the safety of the students.
The main reason for violent acts are the films and cartoons that fill the children’s time. They want to do everything. They watch on TV and never think of the results, and they may hurt a classmate or a teacher.
On the other hand, parents are not fully satisfied with the children’s results obtained in classes and they consider private classes would have better results.
When a teacher has to watch 30 students in class he can’t probably see what each of them is doing, how he is writing, or if he understands the explanations. At home the teacher can explain in detail everything the child doesn’t understand as many times as he considers proper.
And many times, the child grows fond of the teacher at home, who becomes his best friend, and who helps him whenever he needs someone to talk to.
However, the best solution would be a mixture between the education received at school and that at home, because school makes children communicate and socialize. Keeping a child at home for fear that something bad might happen to him only makes the child’s character weak and prevents him from knowing what real life is. Staying in a glass bowl only does harm to the child.
All in all, schools have been created to help children, not to harm them, so it’s best to keep children in these special places, where they learn, laugh, have fun and make new friends.
The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to.
A．teach parents the ways to keep theft children safe B．show solutions to developing children’s character C．explain the main reason for violence acts in schools D．analyze an education problem and give opinions.
A．A toy that can be used for entertainment． B．A safe and comfortable environment． C．An object that is made of crystal． D．A setback that is hard to overcome．
A．violent TV programs have bad effects on children’ behavior B．the teacher at home is more patient than the teacher at school C．children today are weak from lack of sense of right and wrong D．there are too many students in class for a teacher to teach
In Taiwan, “motorpool “ is commonly known as a place for the maintenance(维修) of official business and government cars. In ___36___ it is a place for vehicle maintenance.
More than ten years ago, I came to America on business and I __37__advantage of the chance to visit my friend. My friend drove a car to ___38__ me at the airport, and took me to his home__39 the airport. My friend drove his car into the innermost lane, ___40__ had a sign ‘carpool only’ I wondered what “carpool” meant. I wondered ___41____he was going to a motorpool. So I thought myself ____42__ in asking:” Is there anything wrong with the car?” “Nothing.____43___?” said he. “Well then, why are you going to a carpool?” I responded. My friend couldn’t help ___44__ and told me that “ carpool” ___45___to the lane that only the cars with two or more passengers can ____46___. I felt rather embarrassed __47__ that.
After dinner, my friend’s neighbor ４８ to ask whether he could carpool the next day. “ ４９”, my friend said, “ I will accompany my friend to go shopping tomorrow.” I was puzzled again, ５０ why he could not “ carpool” with him since we had “ carpooled” ５１. My friend explained to me again that the “ carpool” with him that ____５2____ used meant they in turn drove the car to work so as to save ５3 . The first” carpool” is a noun; ____５4___ the second “carpool” is a verb. It is really difficult for ５５ in America to understand it in a short time.
A．common B．time C．general D．short
A．took B．had C．used D．found
A．see B．take C．meet D．accept
A．In B．Out of C．Inside D．From
A．where B．which C．it D．there
A．what B．whether C．which D．when
A．puzzled B．foolish C．interested D．clever
A．which B．why C．where D．what
A．laughing B．shouting C．stopping D．saying
A．means B．refers C．is D．comes
A．pass through B．go over C．drive in D．sit in
A．in saying B．for doing C．on hearing D．at listening to
A．went out B．came over C．arrived D．got off
A．Yes B．I’m afraid C．Sure . D．No
A．wondering B．saying C．suggesting D．hesitating
A．yesterday B．tomorrow C．the last day D．today
A．his neighbor B．his friend C．he. D．I
A．time B．money C．energy D．pollution’
A．and B．while . C．so D．or
A．newcomer B．people C．Chinese D．those