One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small _____in the cocoon, He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make______body through that little hole .Suddenly it stoped.
So the boy _______ to help the butterfly ,thinking the butterfly might be_____ _He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole______.The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it________a little different .It had a weak body and small, thin________.The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact ,the butterfly spent the rest of its life like crawling around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with _______but he didn’t understand why it could be like this .When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon,it must struggle. The hard work of ______out of the cocoon makes the fluid from the butterfly’s body into its wings It helps the butterfly be________to fly If the butterfly never has squeeze itself out of the cocoon,its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
_________struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow .We would not be _______we could have been and we would never fly .
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even______growth ,without it ,there’s no way of life .We can’t avoid ______or problems .So ,next time you are _______a problem or difficult ,remember the butterfly .Struggle a little ----then fly!
A.hole B.worm C.tall D.snake
A.it B.it’s C.itself D.its
A.decided B.asked C.showed D.ordered
A.afraid B.interested C.surprised D.grateful
A.slimmer B.bigger C.shorter D.smaller
A.touched B.sounded C.looked D.smelt
A.wings B.feet C.eyes D.head
A.success B.excitement C.kindness D.humour
A.get B.getting C.to get D.got
A.ready B.quiet C.glad D.used
A.Somewhere B.Something C.Some time D.Sometimes
A.as helpful as B.as well as C.as strong as D.as creative as
A.repeats B.recommends C.requires D.represents
A.happiness B.difficulties C.pleasure D.hope
A.served with B.growing into C.bringing in D.faced with
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one rainy evening. The overhead light outside my door was 36 and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally 37 to open the door, I 38 around the wall for a light switch. I found a 39 where a switch was once installed... but no switch.
No discouraged easily, I remembered seeing a 40 by the bed when I put away my luggage 41 in the day. I found the bed in the dark and felt around until I found the lamp, but when I switched it on, 42 happened! Now what?
Though I knew that it was dark outside my window 43 the outdoor light was burned out, I thought that 44 if I opened the curtains I might be able to use the light from the 45 to find another lamp. So I 46 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no draw-string!
I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞) around until I found a desk lamp that actually 47 ! That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how necessary 48 is.
But even more necessary than 49 light is the light that shines from people—the light of love, sympathy and 50 . Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 51 place.
It is the shining that is important, for someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or fear and in 52 of some light.
So let your light shine. Whatever ligh you 53 may be a beacon(灯塔)of hope and encouragement in someone’s darkness. And if you feel that your light is 54 a candle in a forest, remember this—there isn’t enough darkness in the world to 55
the light of one small candle.
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A.burning B.broken C.shining D.smooth
A.managed B.attempted C.succeeded D.meant
A.touched B.turned C.felt D.looked
A.light B.plate C.lamp D.signal
A.lamp B.switch C.desk D.window
A.later B.earlier C.sooner D.first
A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
A.when B.unless C.since D.although
A.certainly B.surely C.absolutely D.perhaps
A.stars B.street C.room D.shop
A.forced. B.struggled C.made D.pushed
A.worked B.failed C.did D.closed
A.love B.thinking C.dream D.light
A.spiritual B.physical C.mental D.inner
A.faith B.soul C.help D.attention
A.mixed B.fancy C.lonely D.complicated
A.lack B.need C.favor D.face
A.devote B.receive C.offer D.throw
A.only B.even C.ever D.much
A.give out B.leave out C.take out D.put out
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant(不断的) 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 40 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 41 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 42 something from herself. Could her 43 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 44 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 45 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 46 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 47 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬礼) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day,Maria 49 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 50in another loving mother’s chest.
A.change B.danger C.disorder D.pain
A.matched B.replaced C.controlled D.cooperated
A.finding B.phoning C.touring D.interrupting(打断)
A.rolling B.running C.walking D.jumping
A.corner B.bed C.man D.nurse
A.put B.support C.pass D.make
A.save B.recycle C.donate D.separate
A.heart B.brain C.husband D.spirit
A.reminded B.warned C.congratulated D.informed
A.give up B.carry out C.search after D.put off
A.noticed B.predicted C.found D.declared
A.decorating B.begging C.praying D.singing
A.attended B.joined C.watched D.witnessed
A.passed away B.left behind C.woke up
A.active B.alive C.necessary D.changeable
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案(每空1分,共20分)。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 26 at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. 27 several seconds I stood there and 28 down at him. My first thought was that he must need 29 while doing his homework 30 he was trying to prepare me for some 31 .
“ 32 ,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I 33 his teacher at my office to find out more about this “ 34” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“ 35 , most of the fathers did the same as you ,: the teacher explained, “Feeling 36 is an important part of 37 . It’s something all human beings 38 . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 39 that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be 40 to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for 41 of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me 42 , I held on to him for an extra second. And just 43 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly 44 , “Hey, I love you .”
I didn’t know if saying that would make 45 of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.
A.down B.away C.out D.up
A.After B.For C.In D.On
A.glanced B.got C.stared D.knocked
A.surprises B.time C.help D.paper
A.or B.but C.when D.while
A.money B.news C.test D.explanation
A.Anything B.Nothing C.Important D.Interesting
A.advised B.told’ C.called D.visited
A.trick B.exercise C.notice D.experiment
A.Basically B.Fortunately C.Usually D.Frequently
A.loved B.helpful C.interested D.trusted
A.body B.work C.study D.health
A.agree B.understand C.know D.require
A.bad B.good C.easy D.hard
A.funny B.afraid C.pleased D.able
A.both B.neither C.some D.none
A.next evening B.next morning C.that evening D.that morning
A.before B.after C.because D.as
A.sound B.voice C.whisper D.courage
A.neither B.either C.most D.few
完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分.满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意.然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really _ 1__ your feeling?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”
The 3was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 4, “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”
Again, his 5was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the6because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and7in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he8all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were9. When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place and you 10me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt11. I hugged Keith and asked him to12me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his13, “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”
Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The14thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too15and didn’t keep it as their father.
1.A.showed B.hurt C.attended D.expressed
2.A.candy B.book C.picture D.toy
3.A.challenge B.message C.idea D.fact
4.A.complained B.apologized C.continued D.explained
5.A.suggestion B.answer C.memory D.blame
6.A.hospital B.church C.school D.garden
7.A.settled down B.went on C.set off D.got up
8.A.knew B.imagined C.discovered D.remembered
9.A.angry B.worried C.happy D.satisfied
10.A.praised B.punished C.helped D.educated
11.A.terrible B.hopeless C.inspired D.encouraged
12.A.support B.criticize C.suspect D.forgive
13.A.mother B.brother C.sister D.father
14.A.strange B.interesting C.important D.difficult
15.A.lightly B.rudely C.equally D.truly
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children 22their education to go to school. The 23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 24 , compared with schooling. Education has no 25. It can take place 26 , whether in the shower or on the bus, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 27learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.
28the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 29. A chance talk with a 30may lead to a person to discover how 31he knows of another country. People obtain education from 32 on. Education, 33,is a very 34and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 35the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a 36experience, whose style changes 37from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework ,and 39,and so on. Schooling has usually been 40by the edges of the subjects being taught.
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A.Then B.However C.Thus D.Therefore
A.understand B.need C.enjoy D.interrupt
A.difference B.importance C.use D.problem
A.unexpected B.endless C.countless D.simple
A.answers B.ways C.edges D.meanings
A.anywhere B.anywhere else C.some where D.somewhere else
A.part-time B.public C.standard D.strict
A.If B.Because C.So D.Though
A.pride B.surprises C.knowledge D.progress
A.neighbor B.friend C.foreigner D.teacher
A.wonderfully B.well C.greatly D.little
A.babies B.grown-ups C.women D.men
A.still B.next C.then D.yet
A.long B.broad C.narrow D.short
A.that B.when C.after D.before
A.basic B.strict C.final D.irregular
A.unusually B.differently C.little D.frequently
A.large B.new C.fixed D.small
A.take exams B.hold exams C.mark papers D.read papers
A.changed B.limited C.chosen D.controlled