Yu Bingbing is a 28yearold market research manager. When she is ____ her way to work each morning, she cannot help feeling ____ about whether she has locked the door of her apartment and ____ off the gas.
“I'm usually ____ with these feelings for the entire day，” Yu said. Working at an international pharmaceutical(制药的) firm, Yu looks older than she is and her heavily madeup face always has a(n) ____ look. “Since I have been ____ to a managerial position, I lose my temper with my parents and husband more frequently just because of some ____ things，” she said, adding that ____ wrinkles and acne(粉刺) on her face have irritated her even more, and even luxury cosmetics cannot ____ her.
“I have to work six days a week and don't even have extra offtime when I'm sick，” she said. “I have to ____ myself to become a workaholic since the competition in my company is really ____ and I also have to pay a 5,000 yuan monthly mortgage, besides saving a certain amount of money for my ____ baby.”
Life is like riding on a ____ for Yu and many other members of China's post80s generation, the first generation ____ after the ____ of the familyplanning policy and the group to benefit ____ from the country's opening up policy and its booming economy.
Being the only child in their family, and without much to trouble them during their youth, most of them were taken good care of or even ____ by their parents and grandparents.
Having such a ____ carefree youth—when this generation reached ____ and had to ____ with soaring(猛增的) prices, the high cost of raising children and intense competition in the workplace—they suffered a rude awakening.
According to statistics, the population of China's post80s generation is over 200 million. The media usually refers to them as “slaves” to property, credit cards, children and marriage.
A．on B．in C．at D．off
A．unsure B．doubtful C．anxious D．angry
A．turned B．took C．got D．run
A．wrestling B．going C．associating D．keeping
A．worried B．exhausted C．sad D．terrible
A．promoted B．risen C．put D．occupied
A．unhappy B．unimportant C．bad D．household
A．big B．many C．heavy D．slight
A．help B．decorate C．benefit D．beautify
A．make B．push C．pull D．encourage
A．fierce B．severe C．strong D．huge
A．planned B．prepared C．behaved D．grown
A．bike B．horse C．rollercoaster D．line
A．born B．raised C．started D．suffered
A．practice B．introduction C．completion D．influence
A．much B．most C．approximately D．little
A．loved B．protected C．avoided D．spoiled
A．likely B．seriously C．greatly D．relatively
A．childhood B．youth C．adulthood D．midlife
A．cope B．meet C．talk D．share
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was treated as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, when the boy was around two years old, the husband saw a bottle open. He was for work, so he the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard. The mother, in the kitchen, totally the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all. It to be a poisonous medicine meant adults in small dosages. When the child fell down, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was shocked; she was . How would she her husband?
When the father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I You Darling", which is totally .
Yet, the father did the very right thing. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no in finding fault with the mother. , if only he had taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened. No point in attaching . She had also lost her only child. What she at that moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he her.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who's to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support.
A．medicine B．milk C．juice D．beer
A．early B．soon C．late D．punctual
A．asked B．demanded C．begged D．forced
A．concerned B．enjoyed C．fixed D．occupied
A．remembered B．reminded C．forgot D．recalled
A．carefully B．playfully C．personally D．physically
A．occurred B．happened C．used D．seemed
A．to B．for C．by D．with
A．finally B．nearly C．possibly D．immediately
A．terrified B．encouraged C．embarrassed D．touched
A．face B．scold C．call D．inform
A．kind-hearted B．broad-minded C．heart-broken D．good-natured
A．Miss B．Hate C．Support D．Love
A．acceptable B．respectable C．unexpected D．understandable
A．point B．wonder C．use D．need
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
A．praise B．sadness C．blame D．insult
A．thought B．needed C．required D．learnt
A．gave B．owed C．treated D．left
A．peace B．warmth C．coldness D．balance
Our Future Homes
What kinds of homes will we live the future? Nobody can be sure, architects, and scientists are new ideas now.
Some architects are thinking about whole cities under huge glass domes. Of course, complicated heating and systems will be necessary to control the climate in the domes. , there will never be any rain snow, and the temperature will be always .
Perhaps everyone will live in vertical（立体的） . High rises are so large that they can contain all the necessities of life. Since vertical cities will use land than horizontal cities, and provide homes for more people, they will be for small countries that have populations.
Another idea that will be helpful to countries (and island countries) is
the city. Monaco has already built homes, stores, and offices the water of the Mediterranean Sea. And a Japanese has made a plan for constructing buildings on bridges over Tokyo Bay.
There are some people who think we will go back to living in . But the caves of the future will be quite the caves of the Stone Age. Computers will control light and climate. Farms and parks will be on the land the cave city. When people want to go to the country or to a park, a short ride in will take them there.
A．in B．in at C．in in D．in for
A．and B．or C．but D．however
A．working out B．working at C．working on D．thinking
A．burying B．destroying C．founding D．building
A．cooling B．cold C．living D．social
A．So B．However C．Therefore D．Even if
A．or B．and C．but D． with
A．pleased B．happy C．content D．comfortable
A．towns B．villages C．buildings D．cities
A．fewer B．more C．larger D．less
A．practical B．expensive C．unnecessary D．useless
A．big B．many C．much D．large
A．huge B．small C．strong D．great
A．floated B．float C．floating D．to float
A．in B．under C．over D．on
A．teacher B．sailor C．doctor D．architect
A．houses B．caves C．buildings D．cities
A．different from B．similar with C．equal to D．the same as
A．under B．in C．over D．far from
A．a bus B．ship C．an elevator D．a train
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011，many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the had stopped after the quake.On my way home I ____ an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread，which made my heart . A middleaged Japanese man was holding a sign that read，“Please use our __ __.” He was his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to others.He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle，I will you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!
Then next day I drove to my car with gas.There is a lack of __ __ now and many gasoline stations are either closed or have very __ __ lines. I got __ __，since I was behind 15 cars. Finally，when it was my __ __，the man smiled and said，“__ __ this situation，we are only giving $30 worth gas per person.Is that alright？”“__ __. I'm just glad that we are all able to __ __，” I said.His smile gave me so much comfort.
I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散)center __ __ when people brought food to him.It was the first time in three days that food was brought to their center. However，after he wiped the tears，his next __ __ surprised me.“I am very __ __ that we are provided with food.But people in the city next to us haven't __ __ any food at all.Please go to that center as well.” And when hearing that，I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this __ __.
A．rescue B．life C．traffic D．business
A．missed B．caught C．noticed D．heard
A．kind B．hotel C．broken D．warm
A．toilet B．soft C．hospital D．house
A．selling B．opening C．repairing D．building
A．encourage B．change C．save D．help
A．drive B．follow C．lead D．send
A．start B．fill C．check D．wash
A．information B．gas C．food D．salt
A．direct B．fine C．long D．thin
A．worried B．lucky C．sad D．angry
A．time B．turn C．duty D．decision
A．Except for B．Together with C．Because of D．Instead of
A．Not at all B．Of course C．No way D．Never mind
A．share B．offer C．learn D．choose
A．singing B．eating C．smiling D．crying
A．words B．roles C．ways D．promises
A．sure B．grateful C．surprised D．proud
A．bought B．wasted C．prepared D．received
A．disaster B．chance C．center D．city
I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, showing their beauties. She was for a quilt show at the Wooden Church. When we began to fold and put them into the boxes, my attention was by something at the bottom of one box. I it out. “What is it?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “that's Mama's quilt.”
I the quilt. It looked a group of school children had it together: irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said, . My grandmother was a at making quilts. This didn't certainly look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home last year and made some ,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is I’ve done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched a piece of cloth those words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn't get all line . But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, mom,” I said. It to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was her own mother. I realized I held in my hands a family . It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another, two generations.
A．flew B．rushed C．floated D．wandered
A．proudly B．slightly C．calmly D．hopefully
A．trading B．reaching C．asking D．preparing
A．up B．down C．back D．off
A．drawn B．shocked C．embarrassed D．excited
A．raised B．pulled C．caught D．held
A．pressed B．folded C．spread D．arranged
A．even if B．if only C．as if D．only if
A．picked B．added C．chained D．pieced
A．line B．bar C．stick D．mark
A．delighted B．scared C．surprised D．worried
A．master B．beginner C．scholar D．customer
A．decisions B．dresses C．changes D．progress
A．how B．which C．where D．what
A．to B．with C．for D．by
A．straight B．wrong C．mixed D．respectable
A．occurred B．happened C．replied D．struck
A．promoting B．moving C．honoring D．approaching
A．custom B．treasure C．memory D．award
A．passing B．holding C．satisfying D．covering
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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 one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen in almost a month. Every day , my husband would the process of trying to get water to the fields. we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
On this day I learned the true lesson of and witnessed the only I had ever seen . I was in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, toward the woods. He was walking with effort, trying to be as as possible . Minutes after he into the woods, he came running back . I went back to make sandwiches , that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later, , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour . I couldn’t help following him and saw the most amazing .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them . I almost for him to get away . A huge deer was close . the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down. I saw a tiny deer lying on the ground , obviously suffering from , lift its head to lap up the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was , Billy ran back to get more . It then became to me.
I stood on the edge of the woods, watching the boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. It was as if the God himself was with pride. The rain that day saved our farm just like the actions of one little boy who saved another.
A．water B．rain C．deer D．storm
A．take over B．try on C．go about D．seek out
A．Before B．If C．Until D．Unless
A．helping B．sharing C．donating D．offering
A．miracle B．lesson C．wildlife D．virtue
A．running B．marching C．walking D．riding
A．still B．silent C．secret D．sacred
A．skipped B．slipped C．wandered D．disappeared
A．thinking B．wondering C．worrying D．calculating
A．but B．besides C．however D．therefore
A．Actually B．Finally C．Quietly D．Surprisingly
A．sign B．scenery C．sight D．scene
A．screamed B．rushed C．made D．burst
A．mildly B．powerfully C．dangerously D．aggressively
A．And B．Otherwise C．Thus D．But
A．thirst B．illness C．heat D．pain
A．lost B．missing C．gone D．served
A．annoying B．clear C．acceptable D．puzzling
A．kind B．clever C．naughty D．honest
A．raining B．appearing C．chanting D．weeping