What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes.Mary had ____ them a story and finally they were asleep.“Babysitting(照看)the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ____，” she thought.
“Sleep，” she considered, “if only I could！” But she had difficult homework to complete.Leaning back, she ____ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable.Whoever said babysitting was a(an) ____ way to make money obviously hadn't met the three boys, she thought.The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim.Mary's ____ felt heavier and heavier.I mustn't sleep, she thought — which was ____ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon ___ that she was a worldfamous chef(主厨)．She made a ____ and wore diamonds and designer clothes.Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or ____ — her favorite hobby.She ____ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too ____.“I am definitely the best in the world，” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish.But ___ seemed to go right.She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger.Despite all the troubles, she ____ to get the chicken into the dove.Soon, smoke blanketed the room.The chicken was on fire.____ set in, but Mary could not run — she was ____ to the spot.She tried hard to move, but could not, ____ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — ____ was pouring from the kitchen.Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ____ little faces and some very burnt bread.“Sorry, we were hungry and you were ____， so we tried to make some bread，” explained a boy.Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed.She____ them never to fall asleep on the job again！
A．given B．written C．told D．taught
A．successful B．helpful C．tiring D．surprising
A．shook B．put C．bent D．kept
A．difficult B．boring C．important D．easy
A．eyes B．mind C．heart D．legs
A．nicely B．exactly C．curiously D．carelessly
A．realized B．reminded C．learnt D．dreamt
A．decision B．fortune C．business D．plan
A．cooking B．reading C．running D．babysitting
A．just B．ever C．even D．only
A．selfish B．proud C．stubborn D．sensitive
A．tried B．arranged C．managed D．prepared
A．Panic B．Pain C．Noise D．Stress
A．frozen B．dragged C．pushed D．brought
A．because B．until C．as D．unless
A．smoke B．light C．water D．fire
A．cheerful B．strange C．guilty D．confident
A．busy B．hungry C．worried D．asleep
A．promised B．allowed C．expected D．persuaded
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We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
A．away B．off C．up D．down
A．them B．myself C．yourself D．others
A．said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated
A．as long as B．as far back as C．as well as D．as much as
A．basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning
A．lead B．improve C．affect D．change
A．encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed
A．means B．tools C．goods D．hammers
A．therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however
A．settled B．turned C．took D．got
A．passive B．active C．negative D．subjective
A．experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths
A．unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average
A．When B．What C．How D．Why
A．complex B．advanced C．common D．primary
A．arise B．separate C．suffer D．come
A．believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive
A．weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D．accepting
A．As a result B．At the same time C．In addition D．On the contrary
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．all
What is true friendship? True friendship doesn’t mean that when you need your friends’ help, you will 36 them to dinner, and you will put your friends in a difficult 37 when you have to protect yourself.38 true friendship is understanding of the souls and the 39 of the hearts. True friends are connected in hearts every minute whatever the 40 is.
True friendship involves 41 : doing something for someone else while expecting nothing42 ; sharing thoughts and feelings 43 fear of judgment or negative criticism.
44 is essential to true friendship. We need to be able to 45 our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will 46 on the Internet the next day! Failing to47 those secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry. True friendship has 48 to do with fame, power, or possessions. True friends 49 contact you at usual time, but come to you 50 you need their help. They care not 51 you are, but who you are. You’re not his stepping-stone to52 but are his walking stick to 53 difficulties. When you are happy, you are 54 to forget him, but when you are in trouble, he is the first one you will 55 for help.
A．inform B．regard C．treat D．advise
A．situation B．state C．occasion D．surrounding
A．In a word B．On the contrary C．In a nutshell D．On average
A．consideration B．connection C．attraction D．communication
A．distance B．destination C．position D．ambition
A．promise B．action C．belief D．words
A．in turn B．at times C．in return D．at no times
A．with B．without C．despite D．beyond
A．Trust B．Honesty C．Kindness D．Humor
A．keep B．unite C．share D．realize
A．take up B．end up C．come up D．bring up
A．keep B．prevent C．protect D．remain
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．frequently B．regularly C．seldom D．usually
A．all the time B．any time C．each time D．by the time
A．where B．who C．how D．what
A．dream B．future C．success D．aim
A．live through B．put through C．break through D．look through
A．possible B．likely C．probable D．impossible
A．turn to B．bring in C．set out D．look up
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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My 36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 37 . All day, I seem to remember, I 38 on the sands with strange 39 children. We made houses and gardens, and 40 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we 41 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the 42 seemed to shine always brightly 43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we 44 beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 45in one’s pockets or good places where one could 46 ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 47 is much the same as it was. I 48 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 49 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 50 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 51 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 52 what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am 53 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 54 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 55 on too many ices creams.
A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood
A．moving B．exciting C．anxious D．nervous
A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard
A．collected B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp
A．and B．yet C．but D．or
A．left B．came to C．stood by D．played by
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer
A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．waves B．tides C．hands D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．weak C．young D．old
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．happy B．tired C．sad D．sick
A friend of mine met with an accident driving in the darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t 36 .What was worse was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone didn’t 37 . Nothing could be done but 38in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the 39 of the rescue.
It is almost 40 that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his 41 , “First of all I checked up on my physical 42 and found myself not in fatal(致命的) danger. Finding no 43 to call for help, I leaned back to try my best to keep the wound from 44 . In this way I fell asleep.
This 45 me of another story: A group of young men 46 to explore a mountain cave and got lost. 47 to find a way out in the dark cave they were 48 and ran anxiously without a sense of 49 . Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the 50 people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the 51 of the cave. If they stayed where they got lost and tried to 52 themselves, they would probably 53a small light glimmering(闪烁) not far away.
We can compare it with our 54 itself. Sometimes when we meet with difficulties in life, we feel lost in the darkness. If it is unclear, you needn’t put up a struggle 55 . Remember: CALM DOWN!
A．recover B．move C．escape D．shout
A．control B．operate C．ring D．work
A．cry B．lie C．wait D．sleep
A．failure B．success C．team D．arrival
A．untrue B．unbelievable C．reasonable D．strange
A．conclusion B．decision C．explanation D．bravery
A．conditions B．situations C．signs D．cases
A．method B．way C．road D．approach
A．paining B．spreading C．hurting D．bleeding
A．reminds B．informs C．demands D．tells
A．had B．managed C．tried D．planned
A．Unwilling B．Unable C．Determined D．Deciding
A．frightened B．surprised C．excited D．disappointed
A．hearing B．sight C．touch D．direction
A．rescue B．village C．local D．brave
A．end B．top C．opening D．door
A．save B．help C．check D．calm
A．look B．sense C．catch D．realize
A．adventure B．accident C．life D．experience
A．really B．immediately C．carefully D．certainly
We are going on a long train journey. Out of the windows, we can see cars running on nearby highways, children waving at a crossing, cattle grazing（吃草） on a distant hillside, smoke pouring from factories, village houses and city skylines.
But 36in our minds is the final destination（目的地）. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will37into the station. Bands will be playing and flags 38. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will 39and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a(n) 40 jigsaw（拼图） puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles（过道）, damning（诅咒） the minutes for waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the41, that will be it!” We cry “When I am 18.” “When I42a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!” “When I put the 43kid through college.” “When I have 44off the debts!” “When I get a promotion（提升）.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live 45ever after!”
46, we come to realize that there is no such station as we arrive at once and for all. The47joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It 48leaves us behind.
“Cherish（珍视） the moment” is a good 49. It is the burdens（负担） of today that drive us to keep on 50. And it is the regrets over yesterday that motivate（激发） us to overcome the 51and look forward to the future.
So 52pacing the aisles and counting the miles. 53, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot（赤脚） more 54, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived 55we go along. The 
station will come soon enough.A hidden B faint C deep D buried
A pull B get C approach D arrive
A floating B waving C raising D shaking
A come up B come around C come out D come true
A divided B separated C completed D united
A station
B age C target D pointA borrow B buy C ord
er D rentA first B best C last D eldest
A cut B left C taken D paid
A happily B fully C anxiously D freely
A Believe it or not B Sooner or later C Once again D All at once
A simple B basic C true D final
A eventually（最后） B accidentally C instantly D constantly
A motto（箴言） B sentence C conceptD slogan（标语）
A pushing B trying C working D sticking
A effort B mistake C challenge D fault
A consider B stop C go on D plan on
A Besides B Thus C However D Instead
A often B gently C quickly D slowly
A if B unless C as D once