Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we realize that those challenges are the very things that us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with .
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing the challenge isn't worth the and call it quits. Although there are certainly when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most all that is needed is and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. you can say to a friend, "I got my feeling hurt," "You hurt my feelings," you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for they are: small hurdles you need to jump or on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is to get over, and hurt only to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it to everyone, and some day you will all of this and say, "Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing."
A．seem to B．come to C．hope to D．try to
A．design B．promote C．direct D．shape
A．confidence B．pressure C．friendship D．difficulty
A．opportunities B．expectations C．choices D．aspects
A．demanding B．deserving C．predicting D．presenting
A．comment B．loss C．trouble D．expense
A．spans B．times C．dates D．ages
A．cases B．fields C．parts D．occasions
A．assessment B．commitment C．encouragement D．adjustment
A．doubtful B．shameful C．harmful D．painful
A．keep B．control C．face D．catch
A．space B．plan C．topic D．room
A．If B．As C．While D．Unless
A．other than B．rather than C．or rather D．or else
A．what B．who C．where D．which
A．pass by B．come across C．get through D．run over
A．unnecessary B．necessary C．impossible D．possible
A．serves B．means C．aims D．attempts
A．opens B．appeals C．goes D．happens
A．look down on B．look back on C．look forward to D．look up to
For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) across the finish line of a long race.I felt that only when I____certain things could I finally be happy in my life.Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and____would win the race.At other times I would___like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous ____hoping to reach that banner a little faster.____，I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it，the banner was never any____.I finally decided to____and take a break.It was then that I saw my____sitting beside me.
It had been with me as I____hard to support my family，as I played with my children and heard their____and even when I was ____with my wife at my side looking after me.It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner.I just didn’t have the____to see it.
There is an old Chinese proverb that says，“Tension is who you think you should be.___is who you are.”Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the____life we think we should have and ____the life we have now.Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.It will be found____your own heart，soul and mind.It will be found when you____that others love you just as you do.
Don’t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness.Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of____with you everywhere you go.____yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness，you are____there.
A．forgot B．missed C．overcame D．accomplished
A．safe B．steady C．calm D．quiet
A．act B．run C．jump D．walk
A．place B．height C．speed D．time
A．Generally B．Gradually C．Fortunately D．Firstly
A．clearer B．lower C．closer D．smaller
A．settle in B．start off C．stop by D．sit down
A．happiness B．goal C．success D．friendship
A．studied B．fought C．exercised D．worked
A．laughter B．complaints C．stories D．breathing
A．lonely B．tired C．sick D．hungry
A．courage B．chance C．wisdom D．strength
A．Stress B．Relaxation C．Failure D．Pain
A．real B．perfect C．common D．ordinary
A．enjoy B．change C．improve D．create
A．from B．on C．over D．in
A．realize B．believe C．hope D．admit
A．sorrow B．responsibility C．fortune D．joy
A．Carry B．Make C．Push D．Take
A．never B．still C．already D．ever
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, to return to the homeland, starting a company. Beforeleaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to betaken down for . Glen knew that carrying thespecific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a fake（假货）. When he was of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, costnearly 100,000, into pieces hearing Glen’s words. Glen was . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to beexamined . For many times of entry-exit he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if reusing and carrying fakes, he would be according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boardingthe plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of , which he wouldremember as the of his success forever.
A．set up B．took up C．went up D．picked up
A．honors B．mentions C．brings D．owes
A．decided B．refused C．objected D．asked
A．books B．things C．savings D．pounds
A．ordinary B．routine C．regular D．common
A．look B．inspection C．test D．experiment
A．one B．it C．them D．these
A．priceless B．useful C．worthless D．valuable
A．afraid B．proud C．ashamed D．hard
A．that B．what C．as D．which
A．on B．at C．who D．in
A．disappointed B．delighted C．amazed D．satisfied
A．strictly B．quietly C．quickly D．curiously
A．conditions B．experiences C．experiments D．chances
A．stopped B．hoped C．warned D．urged
A．came out B．found out C．sent out D．set out
A．hit B．blamed C．praised D．charged
A．expression B．idea C．thought D．impression
A．honesty B．lies C．goods D．bravery
A．secret B．lesson C．choice D．belief
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood politely at the of a crowd of women who were forward to try to get to the people who were necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly him.
After half an hour, he was as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his of doing things: he put his head down, a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the of the crowd as hard as he could. The women around him became very when they saw what he was doing, and began to him. “Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted. “Ladies,” he them, “I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no , so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
A．sure B．certain C．able D．possible
A．before B．after C．till D．within
A．promised B．decided C．agreed D．insisted
A．never B．sometimes C．seldom D．usually
A．it B．them C．that D．those
A．hour B．moment C．minute D．second
A．top B．middle C．edge D．stage
A．pulling B．pushing C．gathering D．managing
A．selling B．buying C．choosing D．seizing
A．going B．entering C．fetching D．coming
A．beyond B．past C．over D．through
A．just B．even C．ever D．already
A．where B．until C．when D．even if
A．habit B．way C．act D．sign
A．caught B．attempted C．blew D．gave
A．center B．end C．front D．back
A．patient B．angry C．curious D．nervous
A．pity B．protect C．refuse D．scold
A．hated B．waved C．explained D．answered
A．treasure B．good C．respect D．present
The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric, his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just the books in the outside return box. But there was a : it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in — the library lights were off. The place was . The doors had been shut. They be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) — in a library!
He tried to a telephone call, but was unable to . What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “ ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. , someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to .
He knew he had to , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a thing.
A．but B．because C．or D．since
A．ever B．nearly C．never D．often
A．pass B．drop C．carry D．take
A．problem B．mistake C．case D．question
A．during B．after C．over D．before
A．rest B．break C．walk D．stop
A．visit B．meet C．catch D．greet
A．delight B．anger C．surprise D．eagerness
A．lonely B．empty C．noisy D．crowded
A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t
A．make B．fix C．use D．pick
A．get on B．get up C．get through D．get in
A．If B．As C．Though D．Until
A．On time B．Now and then C．By the way D．At last
A．Come B．Help C．Hello D．Sorry
A．Surely B．Thankfully C．Truly D．Gradually
A．at most B．after all C．in short D．as usual
A．watch B．play C．read D．write
A．wait B．stand C．sleep D．work
A．bad B．cool C．strange D．nice
There was a very special teacher who made a farreaching difference in my life.
Fall,1959，the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who，”I asked a senior，“is Mrs. McNamara，my 10 th grade English teacher？”He just ____ and said something about my being in ____.Soon，I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of ____ that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for ____.The next day，when we came to class，there would be two or three topics on the blackboard ___ to the homework reading. We were ____ to write an inclass essay about one of the topics. The following day，she would ____ the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called ____ to stand in front of the class and to ____ his/her essay. The class were required to criticize (评论) that essay，____the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.
The first time that I ____ her readwritecriticize method，I had not ____ to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.____ the extreme embarrassment I suffered，standing before my classmates，____myself. No one laughed at me；no one would be ____ enough，or foolish enough，to do that in Mrs.McNamara's class. The embarrassment came from ____ and along with it came a strong ____ not to let it happen again.
Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files；it was easy to see the ____ in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place，at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara ____ me to do was to see myself as others see me and，having done that，I could improve myself. And I____.Thank you，Mrs. McNamara.
A．nodded B．laughed C．apologized D．shouted
A．trouble B．sorrow C．danger D．anger
A．behaviour B．evaluation C．activity D．thought
A．review B．performance C．practice D．homework
A．added B．related C．contributed D．compared
A．expected B．persuaded C．allowed D．advised
A．collect B．return C．send D．receive
A．on purpose B．at first C．by chance D．in turn
A．talk through B．hand over C．read out D．show off
A．so B．and C．but D．or
A．tried B．adopted C．examined D．experienced
A．undertaken B．attempted C．bothered D．hesitated
A．Remember B．Predict C．Bear D．Imagine
A．playing jokes on B．making a fool of C．setting a trap for D．taking advantage of
A．brave B．careless C．proud D．selfish
A．above B．within C．behind D．below
A．tendency B．preference C．determination D．sense
A．improvements B．pains C．difficulties D．advantages
A．trusted B．invited C．forced D．permitted
A．did B．could C．had D．would