“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new！”says Englishtown _____ Ellen Rema.Ellen began to learn English at the age of 50，and in just a few years，she has made ____ progress!
Ellen chose to study at Englishtown because no evening classes were ____ in the German countryside where she lives.At Englishtown，she joins ____ classes online and speaks with live native Englishspeaking teachers.
“Englishtown is a wonderful place to ____，”she says.“My son always says，mom，you are a bit ___.He cannot understand why I spend so many hours studying，____ love it，I do it for myself.”
In 2001，Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly ____.“I spent hours and hours studying.”she said.“Maybe I wanted too much in a short time.I finished all my ___ after 2 years，but noticed I still had ____ difficulties.”
Instead of ____，she chose to press on.After four years at Englishtown，she's still studying in the online classroom，but now to perfect her already ____ English，she has set new ____ for herself and ___ understanding grammar points.
“Studying online is never ____，but you need selfdiscipline，selfmotivation and staying power，”she says.“If you really want to learn，never quit even when you notice difficulties or when you think there is no____.Practice，practice，practice！”
Ellen says studying English isn't all about hard work.It should also be ____！“I really like the online conversation classrooms，”she says.“I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions.I'm open for all____.”
Ellen has been able to ____ her English to use by visiting England five times！“I'm very thankful to Englishtown because most of the English I know now was learned here，”Ellen says.“My life has ____ with Englishtown.”
A．professor B．friend C．student D．reporter
A．amazing B．challenging C．discouraging D．disturbing
A．satisfied B．offered C．attended D．represented
A．conversation B．composition C．listening D．reading
A．live B．eat C．entertain D．study
A．crazy B．tired C．worried D．attractive
A．though B．but C．while D．when
A．dropped B．brushed C．awarded D．progressed
A．channels B．schedules C．courses D．papers
A．comprehending B．reading C．grammar D．vocabulary
A．fighting back B．giving up C．turning away D．looking around
A．significant B．shabby C．broken D．excellent
A．goals B．decisions C．means D．conclusions
A．turns off B．gets off C．focuses on D．puts up
A．interesting B．boring C．shocking D．unwilling
A．vision B．success C．struggle D．tendency
A．fun B．waste C．weakness D．wonder
A．measures B．topics C．timetables D．fashions
A．take B．set C．make D．put
A．ruined B．started C．changed D．turned
This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience. It happened about three years ago and it has had a____effect on me. I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know ____ but whose actions gave a new ___ to the words—kind and generous.
I was walking down a busy street on a cold，windy day in early ____.A homeless man，probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes，was ____ for change on a street corner.
A BMW car ___ on the other side of the street and an executive(主管)who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car. He was probably about ____ years old. He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie. He walked____ across the street and over to the homeless man. Without saying anything，he first gave him a lot of ____ and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves(手套)，beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks. Then he ____ them to the homeless man. The homeless man took them and stared with a/an ____ mouth.
As he drove off，I couldn't ____ thinking that it was probably the first time he had ____ the pedal(踏板)of that topbrand BMW car with a ____ foot！I stood there and the looks of ____ appeared on my face and the homeless man's.
Two men of about the same age ____ very different lives had met and the one who was ____ in materials had offered ___ than his shoes. He had left this BMW car and ____ down from his high position. He lifted up the other man when he offered respect，____and real generosity.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It would be my first Thanksgiving since my father moved to heaven, and it would also be my first Thanksgiving being away from my family. Holidays are when you can’t be with family, and I was mourning （哀悼）the of my dad and feeling sad about being from my family in Indiana. But, that sadness turned into when it hit me: I was going to have to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving myself!
That night at Dubya’s Restaurant, which was our favorite place to , I began discussing the dilemma (困境)with Jeff.“It’s too bad that this place won’t be on Thanksgiving, or we could just come here,”I said.
Dubya, the owner of the restaurant, happened to be by our table when I said those words.“You mean you expect me to for you on Thanksgiving, too?”he teased （取笑）“ Well, I guess you’ll just have to come to our since the restaurant will be closed then.”.
We’d become with Dubya and his wife, as we ate at Dubya’s twice a week; however, I didn’t think we were close enough to Thanksgiving dinner with his family. I was sure he was . But as we headed toward the door, Dubya handed Jeff a note with directions to their house and their phone number. “You’re ?” I asked “Of course,” he said.
And, two days later, we reached Dubya’s house. Everyone us. As expected, the food was marvelous but the company was even better. We truly felt that we there.
Of course, I wrote them a thank-you note the next week, but I couldn’t really into words what that Thanksgiving dinner had meant to us. I’ve never forgotten their kindness and that very Thanksgiving.
So, here’s my suggestion to you this year. If you know someone who will be dining alone on Thanksgiving, why not invite that person over to your family?
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was faced with a decision. While delivering laundry (洗好的衣服) into her bedroom, I stepped upon my thirteen-year-old sister’s , a modern-day Pandora’s Box, full of attraction.
What was I to do? I had always been jealous (嫉妒) of my little sister. Her charming smile, lovely personality and many gifts threatened my place as lady. I competed with her secretly and grew to hate her natural abilities. As a result, we spoke. I sought opportunities to find with her and expected to her in every way. Her diary lay at my feet, and I not her privacy, nor her possible pain. I enjoyed the possibility of digging up enough dirt to my competitor’s spotless record. I my evil as sisterly duty. It was my responsibility to keep a check on her activities. It would be of me not to.
I the book from the floor and opened it, turning the pages, searching for my name, that I would discover dirty and ill speaking of me. However, as I read, the blood ran from my face. It was worse than I . There was a brief description of herself, her goals and her dreams followed by a short portrayal (肖像) of the person who has her most. I started to cry. I was her . She admired me for my personality, my achievements and red-facedly, my .
I stopped reading, struck with the I had done. I had wasted so much energy pushing her away I had missed out on her. Those sincere words she wrote seemed to break an icy around my heart and I longed to know her again.
On that fateful afternoon, as I put aside the laundry and rose to my feet, I decided to go to her—this time to experience to judge, to hug rather than fight. After all, she was my sister.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Have you ever watched an artist paint a picture? He or she works close to the canvas(画布) ------________ small sections at a time in the process of completing the whole painting.
But every once in a while, the must step back from their work and look at the whole picture. Only by stepping away from what they’re working on can they the proper perspective(角度). The proper point of view is to the end result.
There is no difference for any other creation. it’s a business, a project or your life, you need to step back in order to get it right. From a , you can see things you can’t see when you’re close. The difference is in working on your project working in it. It’s all too easy to focus on something but the important parts needed to create a satisfying result.
Stephen Covey calls it “ the saw(锯)”. It would be to keep sawing away without stopping from time to time to make your sharper. But unfortunately, that’s what too many of us .
Just as in music --- we need spaces the notes(音符) in order to create the lovely melody(曲调). A continuous collection of notes with no spaces is not good --- it’s .
You may need to take a vacation --- to work or study. At other times, it’s best to take a course or attend a meeting to some new complete break, to go away and just do something totally --- do a voluntary work, build a house for Habitat for Humanity or some other worthy cause.
The important thing is to take the breaks. Without them, we are not and we don’t enjoy our work or our life as much. Our pressure and both our work and our health suffer.
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Once upon a time, Margaret came home from school with a drawing in her hand and very big tears in her eyes. She had _ a picture of Tippity's garden with flowers and a boy__ of it.
“But it is good," said Margaret's Mother.” Let's_ it to Tippity and see what she thinks."
Tippity looked at the picture and__ ,"What a lovely drawing! You are a fine _ .”Margaret felt a little better. “It's a picture of your garden," she said. “But a boy at a school said it was _ ．”
“Nonsense!" said Tippitiy. "We all_ things in different ways and we all find our own 4_ to show people what we see. Everybody is__ and art is for everybody." "Let's go to see Uncle Dot and I'll show you what I mean."
Uncle Dot was _ a picture of two fishermen who were working on their boat.
“Well, this is__ ！”Uncle Dot studied the drawing and said,“I like the way you showed all the _ in Trippity's garden, and that's a very cheerful sun in the sky. Art is such great 53 ，isn't it?"
Everyone agreed that it was good fun.
“Why don't all of us sit down and _ with me for a while? I have lots of art supplies. Use _ you like."
When they were _ ,they hung their picture up and stepped back to look at them. Each piece was different. Everyone had seen the_ things: a boat, two freshmen, the sea, the sky and the sun, _ person drew those things in his or her own way.
"See? You are all artists!" said Uncle Dot.
From that day on, Margaret and her mother _drawing and all kinds of art. They didn't_ whether others thought their work was "good" or not, because they knew that didn't matter at all.
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