When I settled in Chicago，my new city seemed so big and unfriendly.Then I had a ____ problem and had to go to hospital for a ___ examination.
It seemed a small ____ compared to the one I was about to face，but things started to go ____ right from the beginning.Not having a car or ____ the city，I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B．___ I'd left myself plenty of time，soon it was ___ I was going to be late，as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the ____ direction.
I ___ the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do.I looked into the eyes of a ____，who was trying to get past me.____，instead of moving on，she stopped to ask if I was ____.After I explained my ____ to her，she pointed to a bus stop across the street，where a bus would take me back into the city to my ____.Sitting there waiting，I felt ____ that someone had been willing to help.____，hearing a horn(喇叭)nearby，I looked up to see a car with my new friend ____ at me to get in.She had returned to offer me a ___ to the hospital.
Such unexpected ____ from a passerby was a lovely gift to receive.As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her，she smiled and told me not to lose ____，for all things are possible.
A．physical B．traveling C．social D．housing
A．scientific B．final C．previous D．thorough
A．chance B．challenge C．success D．error
A．wrong B．easy C．fast D．ahead
A．leaving B．visiting C．knowing D．appreciating
A．Although B．Since C．Unless D．Once
A．strange B．necessary C．obvious D．important
A．same B．right C．general D．opposite
A．looked at B．waited for C．got off D．ran into
A．driver B．friend C．stranger D．gentleman
A．Especially B．Surprisingly C．Probably D．Normally
A．nervous B．excited C．OK D．dangerous
A．idea B．motivation C．excuse D．situation
A．appointment B．apartment C．direction D．station
A．afraid B．grateful C．certain D．disappointed
A．Thus B．Then C．Perhaps D．Surely
A．staring B．laughing C．waving D．shouting
A．lift B．suggestion C．bike D．guidebook
A．power B．faith C．touch D．support
A．results B．news C．kindness D．appearance
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 37 for granted, just as he 38 himself. Now, however, he felt 39 －and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his 40 .
Seeking more personally satisfying 41 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate （命运）played a cruel 42 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 43 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy . He began to 44 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 45 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated （带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are 46 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 47 seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be 48in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 49 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 . Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 51 . Everything will be all right for us －as it is for the “small people”in Jimmy’s books－if we make choices that are 52 for us.
In spite of his new 53 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 54 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 55 .
A．unhappy B．unusual C．unfair D．uneasy
A．health B．wealth C．happiness D．illnesses
A．ought to B．had to C．needed to D．used to
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．helpless D．endless
A．crying B．painting C．imagination D．consideration
A．home B．condition C．situation D．work
A．game B．trick C．role D．part
A．unable B．impossible C．unfit D．difficult
A．understand B．face C．refuse D．recognize
A．failures B．efforts C．choices D．interests
A．that B．what C．which D．whoever
A．always B．seldom C．sometimes D．usually
A．found B．drawn C．written D．accepted
A．after B．about C．with D．before
A．powerful B．hopeful C．useful D．successful
A．great B．strong C．brave D．equal
A．scientific B．basic C．right D．simple
A．product B．fame C．name D．job
A．rapidly B．separately C．slowly D．quietly
A．offer B．gain C．gather D．earn
A report has recently been published about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year 46 .
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a 47 one. The world will be more 48 because the population will continue to grow. The population could be 49 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in 50 countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would 51 have a population of 20 million by then.
Food production will 52 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009, 53 most of the increase would be in countries that 54 produce enough food for their people. Little increase is 55in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor farming ways are 56 large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is 57 as cities become larger and more houses are built. 58 will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s 59 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their 60 of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only 61 the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by 62 the problems, the picture can be changed. There is 63 time for the nations of the world to 64a plan of action. But they considered that 65 too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success
A．learning B．instruction C．notice D．study
A．dangerous B．beautiful C．crowded D．terrible
A．no more than B．as many as C．so much as D．as large as
A．developing B．developed C．big D．mountainous
A．none B．each C．no D．neither
A．last B．reduce C．increase D．continue
A．so B．but C．or D．however
A．already B．hardly C．partly D．never
A．wanted B．lacked C．found D．expected
A．destroying B．protecting C．bothering D．interrupting
A．saved B．lost C．discovered D．used
A．Air pollution B．Water pollution C．Some diseases D．All farmland
A．animals B．plants C．forests D．people
A．photo B．picture C．aim D．environment
A．stopped B．continued C．exchanged D．prevented
A．solving B．working C．answering D．dealing
A．no B．still C．less D．lots of
A．give up B．carry C．make D．get off
A．visiting B．suggesting C．spending D．waiting
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