It was Valentine's Day, my freshman year of college. I was so young, the romantic type. All I wanted was a rose. A single rose to __36__ up my Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day at school was over，and I had no rose to __37__ in my locker like I had hoped. I came home a little __38__. I sat in my room dreaming about next year's romantic Valentine's Day __39__ the doorbell rang. There at the front door was a deliveryman __40__ one single rose to my house. Surely this rose wasn't for me. I didn't have such __41__. I closed the front door with a single rose in my hand and gave it to my mother. “__42__ the card！” she insisted when I told her it must be for her. I unsealed the envelope as my hands were __43__. I slowly lifted the card and read what it said：
To Amanda
From someone who cares
I must have read it twenty times in a matter of seconds, __44__ my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. But they weren't. The rose was for me. I must have been __45__ for about five minutes, until I started __46__ the obvious people and __47__ them of sending me a rose and playing a joke on my __48__ romantic heart. No one knew who sent it to me. My friends, family and relatives were as __49__ to hear I got a rose from a __50__ someone as much as I was. I was on cloud nine(兴奋) for weeks.
I __51__ did figure out who was it who sent me that rose. __52__ I did figure something else out. It didn't __53__ if it was a guy who secretly __54__ me who sent me that rose. What mattered was that it was from someone who __55__ about me and wanted to brighten up my day.
A．brighten B．fill C．take D．decorate
A．hide B．hang C．plant D．stick
A．mad B．hungry C．angry D．sad
A．before B．until C．when D．once
A．posting B．carrying C．holding D．delivering
A．chance B．luck C．value D．confidence
A．Open B．Read C．Check D．Break
A．closing B．moving C．shaking D．spreading
A．praying B．expecting C．doubting D．believing
A．sorry B．curious C．happy D．nervous
A．realizing B．calling C．visiting D．questioning
A．informing B．reminding C．accusing D．telling
A．specially B．actually C．obviously D．hopelessly
A．surprised B．excited C．amused D．disappointed
A．considerate B．distant C．secret D．generous
A．anyhow B．still C．already D．never
A．For B．So C．Then D．But
A．happen B．matter C．appear D．mean
A．loved B．helped C．pitied D．cheated
A．asked B．worried C．cared D．talked
Many people think that Americans their cars almost more than anything else. When __ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their ___ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their __. So many of them work in __ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will ___ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
A．prefer B．love C．drive D．play
A．little B．big C．old D．young
A．new B．own C．expensive D．cheap
A．friends B．teachers C．parents D．brothers
A．free B．busy C．study D．good
A．make B．mend C．wash D．drive
A．always B．never C．often D．usually
A．take B．carry C．pull D．lift
A．question B．wrong C．mistake D．problem
A．cost B．get C．spend D．use
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed,read and . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a with very little effort.
I will give. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting We had been close as but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only our misunderstanding. Then he a small island in the Caribbean and we touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He describeb his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how he felt,and encouraged me to . Rereading the letter, I was by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had respected my order brother but he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so .And with that one letter we became friends .
It might never have occurred to to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ,For him, writing was a necessity, It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of communication(通讯),people often that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a . And that is to write.
A．received B．rewritten C．returned D．reread
A．record B．promise C．friendship D．secret
A．an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk
A．through B．together C．along D．away
A．brothers B．children C．fellows D．classmates
A．normal B．necessary C．pleasant D．possible
A．deepen B．start C．express D．settle
A．toured B．stopped over C．reached D．moved to
A．lost B．kept in C．needed D．got in
A．think B．write C．enjoy D．read
A．driven B．beaten C．surprised D．honored
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．once
A．realized B．judged C．thought D．expected
A．well B．often C．much D．soon
A．later B．anyhow C．too D．again
A．us B．anyone else C．someone D．my brother
A．mail services B．transport C．phones D．relatives
A．poor B．easy C．popular D．busy
A．believe B．decide C．argue D．forget
A．habit B．choice C．method D．plan
When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a , permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day.
The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp.
Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay in the dark until the winds died away.
the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful . For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
A．back B．edge C．centre D．entrance
A．sponsored B．published C．noticed D．answered
A．safe B．free C．convenient D．beautiful
A．in return B．in time C．in short D．in turn
A．attempt B．agreement C．appeal D．appointment
A．crowded B．dangerous C．ideal D．quiet
A．repeatedly B．immediately C．eventually D．calmly
A．attack B．leave C．pass D．search
A．satisfied B．determined C．confident D．aware
A．responsibilities B．requirements C．circumstances D．conditions
A．moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．however
A．winds B．snows C．woods D．trails
A．shaking B．quarrelling C．mourning D．aching
A．After B．Between C．During D．Beyond
A．give away B．hand out C．live on D．put aside
A．borrowed B．earned C．posted D．raised
A．business B．career C．family D．image
A．started B．failed C．expanded D．declined
A．truck B．park C．house D．camp
A．desperate B．ready C．suitable D．thankful
One day all the employees of a very famous company reached their office and all saw a big sign on the main door which said this：
“Yesterday, the ____ who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company ____. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been ____ in the gym. ”
In the beginning, they all got ____ for the death of one, of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting ____ to know who was that person that hindered the ____ of their colleagues and the company itself?
The ____ in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd ____ the room. The more people ____ the coffin (棺材), the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought, “____ is it that was hindering my progress？”
One by one the intrigued(引起好奇心的) employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they ____ became speechless.
They all got to stand near the coffin, and felt shocked and ____， as if someone had touched the deepest part of their ____. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who ____ it could see themselves! There was also a sign next to the mirror that ____：
“There is only one person who is capable of setting ____ to your growth and IT IS YOU！” Your life does not ____ when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your husband or wife changes…
No, your life changes when YOU change, when you ____ your limiting beliefs inside.
Examine yourself; watch yourself. Don't be afraid of ____， impossibilities and losses. Be a winner; build yourself and your reality. ____， it's the way you face life itself that makes the difference.
A．person B．boss C．sign D．funeral
A．died away B．died out C．passed away D．passed out
A．protected B．prevented C．proved D．prepared
A．happy B．sad C．joyful D．grateful
A．calm B．curious C．conscious D．convenient
A．growth B．width C．faith D．strength
A．way B．meaning C．excitement D．disappointment
A．within B．without C．about D．around
A．bought B．sold C．reached D．touched
A．What B．Which C．Where D．Who
A．carefully B．actually C．suddenly D．madly
A．in silence B．in return C．in heed D．in order
A．hand B．soul C．mouth D．face
A．put outside B．put inside C．looked outside D．looked inside
A．talked B．spoke C．said D．told
A．deadlines B．demands C．limits D．lacks
A．calculate B．cancel C．communicate D．change
A．go beyond B．go together C．go without D．go towards
A．acquaintances B．difficulties C．advantages D．bargains
A．Forget B．Follow C．Remember D．Obey
Imagine if SpiderMan came down from the ceiling to save Yao Ming or Shaquille O'Neal every time they injured their ligaments(韧带)on court.Though this ____ will have to remain a daydream，spider silk may really be able to cure their ____，scientists say.
Thought to be the strongest ____ fiber on the planet，spider silk could be used to rebuild injured ligaments.Randolph Lewis at the University of Wyoming in Laramine has been ____ the idea.
Spider silk has interested scientists for centuries.A(n)____ European folk story at least 2,000 years old tells of the possible medical ____ of spider webs.It said they could help in fighting infections，stopping bleeding and healing wounds.
Researches have found no ____ so far that spider webs can kill germs.But studies on animals have shown that spider silk helps ____ the rejection of medical implants.So Lewis' lab and others are changing spider silk into fibers that they hope might be ____ in medicine.
Researchers have found that spider webs could be used to rebuild ligaments ____ in one of the world's common knee injuries.“We're also ____ spider silk in artificial tendons(腱)．” Lewis said.
Scientists are also ____ spider silk to be used for stitching up(缝合)wounds which will help them heal without scarring(伤痕)．
A．hope B．idea C．expectation D．opinion
A．wounds B．diseases C．colds D．patients
A．manmade B．valuable C．natural D．chemical
A．working on B．carrying out C．thinking of D．laughing at
A．terrible B．ancient C．funny D．unbelievable
A．care B．research C．value D．examination
A．evidence B．value C．experience D．sense
A．reduce B．increase C．prevent D．produce
A．helpless B．useful C．harmful D．important
A．ruined B．disabled C．born D．damaged
A．looking at B．looking after C．looking into D．looking over
A．proving B．developing C．helping D．training