Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands.__16__people were reluctant (不情愿的) to work on farms along the Atlantic. They feared the violent storms __17__ the ocean. As the farmer interviewed__18__for the job, he received a steady stream of __19__ .
Finally, a short, thin man, __20__ past middle age, approached（接近） the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him.
"Well, I can sleep__21__ the wind blows," answered the little man.
Although __22__ by this answer, the farmer, in great need of help, __23__ him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt __24__ with the man's work.
Then one night the wind blew __25__ in from offshore. __26__ out of bed, the farmer rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and shouted, "__27__ ! A storm is coming! __28__ things down before they blow away!"
The little man __29__ in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."
Angered by the response, the farmer meant to fire him on the spot. __30__ , he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his __31__ , he discovered that all of the haystacks(草垛) had been covered with tarpaulins(帆布). The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. Everything was tied down. __32__ could blow away.
The farmer then understood __33__ his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew. When you're __34__ , spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to__35__. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?
A．No B．Few C．Most D．All
A．Above B．Across C．below D．through
A．Applicants B．peasants C．workers D．engineers
A．arrivals B．refusals C．approvals D．finals
A．well B．Too C．very D．pretty
A．when B．before C．after D．because
A．Pleased B．puzzled C．surprised D．frightened
A．fired B．scolded C．hired D．ordered
A．Disappointed B．satisfied C．excited D．tired
A．loudly B．Slightly C．hardly D．silently
A．Jumping B．Rising C．Getting D．Falling
A．Stand up B．Get up C．Sit down D．Lie down
A．Let B．Put C．Lay D．Tie
A．rolled over B．jumped over C．rolled up D．jumped up
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．likewise D．Instead
A．expectation B．imagination C．amazement D．sorrow
A．Something B．Everything C．Anything D．Nothing
A．how B．which C．that D．what
A．prepared B．finished C．determined D．En
A．beat B．win C．desire D．fear
Dear Ralph,
I’m a girl in Grade Two in senior middle school. In junior middle school I did very well in my studies. But when I entered senior middle school I began to __41__ the bitterness (苦涩) of failure.
A girl who was not as good as me in __42__ middle school surpassed (超过) me. My mother often scolds me. I can’t __43__ her, so when I return home I don’t want to talk to her. When I do a good job, she __44__ says, “Don’t be so __45__. Think of XXX, she did better than you.” Am I proud? __46__. I just want to give __47__ confidence. When I do something bad, she says, “What are you doing? Think of XXX, she is always better than you.” I had a(an) __48__talk with her. But she just said __49__, “When you grow up, you will know that I have done good for you.”
I can’t __50__ with her. I don’t want to go with her. What should I do?
Cinderella
Cinderella,
First analyze (分析) by yourself __51__ you have fallen behind. Is there something wrong with you, __52__ is the girl who surpassed you an outstanding person who is always at the __53__. And does it matter? Can you be number two and __54__ do well in exams and get into a good university?
To communicate, ask your __55__ about her own life. Did someone surpass her? If she regrets any experiences, she may hope you will realize her own __56__. This wish is common among __57__.
__58___, don’t blame that she should seek success. If she scolds but cannot help, she clearly knows study is important but does not know how to study__59__.
Do __60__ you think is best.
A．meet B．taste C．understand D．see
A．junior B．high C．senior D．super
A．trust B．realize C．stand D．believe
A．always B．seldom C．hardly D．sometimes
A．satisfied B．happy C．proud D．excited
A．Never B．Yes C．Hardly D．Almost
A．myself B．me C．herself D．her
A．warm-hearted B．open-hearted C．kind-hearted D．broken-hearted
A．warmly B．nervously C．firmly D．coldly
A．talk B．communicate C．stay D．sit
A．why B．when C．whether D．where
A．but B．or C．and D．yet
A．head B．top C．ceiling D．front
A．ever B．still C．either D．even
A．classmate B．fellow C．teacher D．mother
A．experience B．failure C．dream D．regret
A．students B．people C．teachers D．parents
A．However B．But C．Though D．And
A．fast B．busily C．effectively D．hard
A．all which B．that C．all what D．what
In fact, everyone has an angel（天使）protecting himself forever.
If this 36 feels that your life is full of 37 and you always feel terribly sad. She would 38 someone else beside you. Maybe it’s a friend of you, or your lover, 39 a net-friend you have never met or a 40 you just met only once. These persons quietly __ 41 in your life, accompany (陪伴) you with a happy time and 42 he could leave silently. And thus your life is full of happy 43 . Even the future path is covered with storm or snow, 44 remembering those happy stories he 45 to you, you can still be brave.
For those 46 have left you without any 47 , 48 they are angels returning to the heaven. For example, your lost friends, the strangers who ever gave you help, those separated but 49 love you, those artists who used to sing good songs to you, the good writer and etc.., they are all 50 angels.
Perhaps sometimes you 51 feel sad or lost because of their 52 , and would look for them everywhere to 53 where they’re going. But in the end, you’ll be certain that they stay in 54 place of this world with a peaceful and thankful life. 55 , all the feelings of loss and sadness will no longer exist since time has been the greatest therapist(理疗师).
A．angel B．person C．friend D．stranger
A．love B．fun C．pain D．happiness
A．turn into B．turn to C．turn back D．turn up
A．and B．or C．together with D．as
A．stranger B．relative C．neighbor D．friend
A．so B．yet C．then D．thus（因此）
A．moment B．times C．histories D．memories
A．once B．while C．since D．but
A．took B．supplied C．brought D．offered
A．that B．who C．whom D．which
A．information B．saying C．word D．news
A．actually B．usually C．gradually D．truly
A．had to B．used to C．liked to D．needed to
A．reliable B．cold-blooded C．kind-hearted D．healthy
A．could B．would C．should D．must
A．deaths B．illnesses C．disappearance D．sufferings
A．find B．find out C．get out D．look out
A．certain a B．certain C．some D．some a
A．Luckily B．Finally C．Generally D．Exactly
As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been 16 only once — for a woman who had merely fainted. But the 17 made me quite curious about how 18 this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if 19 with a real midair medical emergency — without access 20a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So 21 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 22a study about in-flight medical events, I read it 23 interest.
The study estimated that there are a(n) 24 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 25 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 26 13% of them — roughly four a day — are serious enough to 27a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 28 heart trouble, strokes, and difficulty breathing.
Let’s face it: plane rides are 29 . For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 30 they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 31 , but passengers with heart disease 32 experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 33 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis — the so-called economy class syndrome (综合症). 34 happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation (立法), flights with at 35 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.
A．called B．addressed C．informed D．surveyed
A．accident B．condition C．incident D．disaster
A．soon B．long C．many D．often
A．faced B．treated C．identified D．provided
A．for B．to C．by D．through
A．before B．since C．when D．while
A．collected B．conducted C．discovered D．published
A．by B．of C．with D．in
A．amount B．average C．sum D．number
A．significant B．heavy C．common D．serious
A．For B．On C．But D．So
A．require B．inspire C．engage D．command
A．include B．limit C．imply D．contain
A．enjoyable B．promoting C．dull D．stressful
A．who B．what C．which D．that
A．severely B．unwillingly C．easily D．casually
A．ought to B．may C．used to D．need
A．Any B．One C．Other D．Another
A．Whatever B．However C．Whenever D．Wherever
A．most B．worst C．least D．best
Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street. When we were passing by a house, I 36a BlackBerry cell phone. I picked it up and it still 37 ! I started checking the contact list and calling numbers. I wanted to see 38 I could get some information about the owner of the phone. 39 , only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the 40 that I was calling from. In the end, she said,” It is just so nice that you are trying to 41 whose phone it is.”
Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was, my friend 42 me to go back to the street. I 43 . We went back to the street and to the house 44 which we had found the BlackBerry cell phone. I 45 the door. Two college students 46 and said they hadn’t lost their phones. But when I told them the story and 47 some names on the contact list, one of them said that he 48 had those names so it must be the phone of one of his 49 .
They said it was 50 that I too the time to find the 51 .I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the 52 thing. I never considered 53 the phone----it wasn’t mine. I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want 54 to do if any of my family members 55 their phones.
A．bought B．dropped C．repaired D．found
A．rang B．sang C．worked D．shook
A．that B．if C．what D．how
A．Probably B．Interestingly C．Finally D．Unluckily
A．number B．street C．man D．name
A．talk about B．think of C．find out D．care about
A．advised B．pushed C．helped D．showed
A．laughed B．understood C．argued D．agreed
A．at the back of B．in front of C．on the top of D．far away from
A．turned to B．looked for C．knocked on D．broke into
A．answered B．shouted C．ran D．passed
A．spelled B．wrote C．mentioned D．remembered
A．sometimes B．also C．hardly D．always
A．kids B．parents C．students D．friends
A．exciting B．necessary C．wonderful D．impossible
A．phone B．information C．buyer D．owner
A．important B．right C．strange D．brave
A．giving B．borrowing C．mending D．keeping
A．them B．him C．someone D．myself
A．lost B．described C．needed D．lent
Let me take you back a couple of years. Come with me as we relearn a lesson, one that has stuck with me, in my present memory, and 36 me yet. We walked into Elida Road Hardware, an old-fashioned hardware 37___ . No automatic door, not a computer in the building. It was one that I went to fairly often. As we entered the door, two sounds 38 us. The sleigh bells of last year made that sweet, peaceful tinkle as we opened the door. The other sound was the electronic beeper that reminded Andy of our 39 .
“Good afternoon, Ryan,” 40 the cheerful greeting. Andy was a very 41 sort of owner. He was of medium build and height, and the smile on his face welcomed us.
We walked across the old wood floor. Andy asked us what he could help us with. I told him we were 42a spring(弹簧). He very patiently replied, “l have lots of springs. You’re going to need to be more specific.”
“Just a spring for an old-fashioned screen door.”
“That’s it. A screen door spring, right down there. ” We 43 where he was pointing, and sure enough, there they were. And knew his store, and his products. That was why I came here instead of Meijer. The service couldn’t be beaten. The price; Yes. But service and44 ;No.
I picked up one and followed him to the 45 .
He figured up the price, doing the math in his head, “ $1.88,with tax comes to $1. 99. ”
“ Put it on my dad’s account. ”
He nodded and smiled, “ Good dad’s account. ” He smiled. “I don’t know what you boys would do 46 dad’s account! ”
He handed me the ticket and as I 47 it, I asked, “You really trust my signature?”
His reply surprised,_ 48 delighted me. “ When I can’t trust Jerry Hoover’s boys, I can trust nobody! ”
We left, and the brain immediately started to forget things, in order of importance. But what Andy said that day rang in my ears. And it rings in my ears today. That’s a tall order to live up to. It’s a high standard of 49 .My father made a fame for that name, and I get to enjoy the benefits. But on account of this, I must maintain that fame. And that’s 50 business.
A．inspires B．excites C．shocks D．amazes
A．restaurant B．store C．park D．factory
A．hugged B．greeted C．heard D．sensed
A．presence B．dependence C．importance D．absence
A．shouted B．said C．went D．came
A．special B．ridiculous C．friendly D．appropriate
A．looking up B．looking for C．looking into D．looking after
A．turned to B．got to C．stuck to D．referred to
A．description B．determination C．satisfaction D．imagination
A．corner B．counter C．bank D．door
A．without B．within C．by D．for
A．saw B．wrote C．signed D．touched
A．yet B．still C．even D．also
A．honesty B．fortune C．consideration D．devotion
A．serious B．optimistic C．silent D．successful