Life is short . Are you doing what you love ? Are you living your passion ?
If not , why ? I am guessing most people will answer that with “ I have a mortgage（按揭）, and three kids to . ” In the real world people have responsibilities . They have to make . You aren’t supposed to be happy with your job but you do it because you have to .
To be frank , they are wrong . You can take of your responsibilities and also be happy with your job . We spend over 1/3 of our day , at least five days a week our jobs . This is a lot of time to be wasting on something we don’t , is it not ? Why not spend that time doing something you truly are about for 50 hours a week instead of something that lacks ?
Love What You Do. Do What You Love .
A．confusion B．call C．criticism D．question
A．care B．support C．grow D．keep
A．sacrifices B．complaints C．donations D．comments
A．notice B．pride C．care D．advantage
A．dealing B．performing C．realizing D．hunting
A．concern B．know C．enjoy D．achieve
A．certain B．skilled C．curious D．passionate
A．enthusiasm B．truth C．meaning D．use
完型填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. 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 all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.
A．down B．away C．out D．up
A．After B．For C．At D．On
A．glance B．glare C．stare D．watch
A．patience B．time C．help D．paper
A．report B．prepare C．answer D．apologize
A．help B．ask C．tell D．make
A．thing B．experiment C．word D．sentence
A．search for B．search C．find out D．find
A．said B．reacted C．done D．explained
A．same B．different C．usual D．ordinary
A．allowed B．agreed C．suggested D．planned
A．point B．idea C．way D．cause
A．body B．health C．life D．study
A．have B．know C．take D．require
A．bad B．good C．late D．early
A．fit B．ready C．nice D．able
A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult
A．a much B．a full C．an exact D．an extra
A．before B．after C．because D．if
完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 1to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 2-- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just 3in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped 4who the giver might be. My mother 5to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing 6. I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had 7me even though I didn’t know him.
One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings8from sorrow to fear and 9: my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 10in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the 11size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress-- in the right size—hanging over the living room sofa. It was 12to me so lovingly. I didn’t 13if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 14, filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 15.
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.
1. A. given B. delivered C. taken D. brought
2. A. useful B. helpful C. in vain D. hopeful
3. A. delighted B. pleasant C. pleasing D. satisfied
4. A. considering B. remembering C. imagining D. recalling
5. A. referred B. led C. preferred D. contributed
6. A. appreciation B. honor C. grateful D. respect
7. A. observed B. watched C. noticed D. hated
8. A. ranged B. differed C. suffered D. judged
9. A. shock B. happiness C. depressing D. anger
10. A. uninterested B. interested C. unhappy D. disappointing
11. A. wrong B. false C. proper D. right
12. A. provided B. presented C. introduced D. awarded
13. A. doubt B. wonder C. desire D. care
14. A. loving B. loved C. respected D. honored
15. A. trouble B. despair C. problem D. sorrow
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My wife was shouting at Sindu again．I threw the paper away and rushed to the scene．Mydaughter Sindu looked36__．Her eyes were wet with tears．In front of her was a bowl37___with bitter melon．Sindu particularly hated bitter melon, but my wife believed 38__ in the “cooling effects" of bitter melon. I tried to39__ Sindu to take a fewmouthfuls．She 40__ down a bit and wiped her tears．Then she said she would eat the41__bowl of bitter melon on condition that I gave her whatever she asked for．I agreed．Slowly and42__ , she finished the whole bowl．After that, Sindu came to me with her eyeswide with43__. To our surprise, she wanted to have her head 44__. "Impossible!"shouted my wife．However, I knew that if I 45__ on my promise, Sindu would neverlearn to46 her own．So I decided to keep my promise．
On Monday morning, I47__ her off at school．Just then，a boy shouted, "Sindu,wait for me!" What struck me was48 hairless head．I was about to leave when a ladycame to me and said, "Sir, your 49__is great indeed!" I didn't 50__.She continued,“That boy is my son．He is 51__from Leukemia（白血病）．He lost all his hair_ 52__the side effects of the chemotherapy（化疗）• He 53__to come back to school because hewas afraid that the kids at school would make fun of him．Sindu visited him last week andpromised to help him, but I 54__imagined that she would sacrifice her lovely hair for thesake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a（n）55__ soul for achild．”
I didn't know what to say．It was then that I knew what love really was．
A．excited B．frightened C．moved D．disappointed
A．provided B．covered C．filled D．equipped
A．firmly B．angrily C．heavily D．happily
A．permit B．forbid C．persuade D．order
A．went B．calmed C．came D．fought
A．sweet B．entire C．bitter D．little
A．angrily B．worriedly C．painfully D．sadly
A．expectation B．happiness C．satisfaction D．pride
A．nodded B．cut C．washed D．shaved
A．got off B．went back C．looked back D．gave off
A．honor B．remind C．share D．take
A．dropped B．sent C．took D．picked
A．its B．her C．his D．my
A．wife B．daughter C．view D．life
A．insist B．request C．move D．understand
A．dying B．escaping C．suffering D．recovering
A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．because of
A．tended B．promised C．refused D．determined
A．nearly B．never C．ever D．seldom
A．abstract B．simple C．noble D．horrible
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中），选出最佳选项。
Mike has loved flying since he was small. When he was three years old, his father took him to an air show. Mike loved the sounds of the plane, he ___36__ of becoming and airplane pilot(飞行员) someday. As Mike grew up, he learned as ___37___ as he could about flying. He wanted to go to flying school ___38___ university. He kept on ___39___ his parents about it all the time. At that time, pilot training was very ___40___. Mike’s parents couldn’t afford it.
Later Mike became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled ___41___ America for his factory. He liked to travel, ___42___ by plane. To save money, he usually stayed in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike __43___ to Altanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to ___44___. Some time later, he woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a ___45___ voice. When Mike heard the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly __46___ out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still ___47___ . he listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was ___48___. They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very ___49____. He knew he had to stop them before they began their ___50____.
Mike pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the coming___51____. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was something wrong with the plane. Soon he plane landed at the ___52___ airport.
The two men received a __53___ when they saw twenty police officers were ___54___ them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free flying training as a reward. __55__ he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States.
A．spoke B．heard C．dreamed D．thought
A．little B．much C．easily D．quickly
A．as well as B．such as C．because of D．instead of
A．warning B．talking C．asking D．complaining
A．expensive B．cheap C．difficult D．enjoyable
A．along B．towards C．through D．around
A．never B．widely C．except D．especially
A．flew B．came C．moved D．drove
A．work B．sleep C．rest D．bed
A．loud B．nervous C．low D．serious
A．ran B．walked C．jumped D．dropped
A．awake B．asleep C．quiet D．careless
A．sad B．angry C．painful D．careful
A．plan B．story C．challenge D．accident
A．danger B．trouble C．flying D．training
A．safest B．biggest C．nearest D．farthest
A．surprise B．welcome C．message D．present
A．looking for B．waiting for C．asking for D．talking about
A．So B．Since C．Though D．Then
完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读短文, 掌握大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
For Chinese students, the end of their senior year is filled with studying and 36 when they prepare for the college entrance exams in June. But for American high school seniors, the experience 37 be more different. It is a celebration of their time in high school and 38 parties, games and fun.
Seniorities is a commonly used 39 . It means seniors have a disease which 40 them unable to do work. This starts in April, 41 seniors find out whether they have been accepted to university.
Unwilling to do school work, seniors have plenty of 42 activities to focus on.
Many school have a “Senior Show”. Only seniors are allowed to perform in it. Some seniors sing43 dance but many of them perform skits (滑稽短剧).They 44 their favorite teachers or their friends. For example, a group of boys may 45 and imitate a group of their friends. It is all 46 .
The “Senior Show” is just a part of Senior Week — the week 47 intended for seniors. During this week, seniors usually get academic or athletic 48 for their wonderful jobs in high school. They also vote 49 one of their male and female classmates who they believe 50 the best-looking or funniest or most involved, etc. These are then 51 in the yearbook.
The yearbook is an important part of high school for seniors. There are all their pictures and some words from them in it. Seniors will 52 to get 53 signed by their friends so they can always remember their time together.
The end of 54 is a truly special and wonderful time for American students. It’s 55 they will remember for the rest of their lives.
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