A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.
Finally we a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.
A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."
Since she was not , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).
I immediately thought of my in the car and what these characters might do to us.
"We know you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."
I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“ us!”
We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all for us. "They're taking us to a place, and that will be the end," he said . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How you do this to me?"
I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the thing."
"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."
About an hour later, after through endless back roads deep in the woods，they to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this
journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of .
A．music B．roads C．days D．school
A．found B．called C．missed D．left
A．time B．gas C．water D．directions
A．helpful B．careful C．beautiful D．hopeful
A．maps B．bags C．family D．gifts
A．how B．what C．why D．where
A．If B．Since C．Because D．Before
A．Invite B．Show C．Follow D．Give
A．over B．right C．alone D．around
A．cool B．lonely C．safe D．new
A．uneasily B．cheerfully C．curiously D．uncertainly
A．should B．can C．would D．must
A．annoyed B．excited C．frightened D．amazed
A．same B．bad C．funny D．wrong
A．winding B．looking C．walking D．climbing
A．greeted B．connected C．gestured D．hurried
A．label B．notice C．poster D．sign
A．kissed B．waved C．shook D．blew
A．tiring B．crazy C．interesting D．fancy
A．angels B．friends C．partners D．relatives
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had wanted a beautiful in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected that his father had bought the gift. , on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his own . His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He 46 his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious, and somewhat , the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather bound Bible，with the young man’s name written in gold. Angry, he his voice to his father, and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” and out of the house.
Many years passed and the young man was very in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him. he could make arrangements, he received a telegram him his father had passed away and willed all of his to his son.
When he arrived at his father’s, sudden sadness and regret his heart. He began to 56 his father’s important papers and saw the still new gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully a verse(诗),Matthew 7-11,“And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”
As he read those words, a car key from the back of the Bible. It had a tag(标签) with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the of his graduation, and the words: PAID IN FULL.
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What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you it because you thought that it was just a little thought? Have you ever what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts (直觉) if you had paid more attention to it?
Imagine a , where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to it, but wait a minute! That thought could be the potential beginning of the you have so much wished for.
As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to aproblemwhose solution has escaped you. It is almost as if a wise man has the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. It is like finding the piece of jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏). This becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that but powerful thought.
Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become of the great possibilities that can if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review. meaningless little thought or ideas when acted have a potential to explode intogreatprojects. Many successful projects have been fromthe little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.
Don't waste a(n) to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major idea, or approvalfromyour peers in order for you to act on that little thought.
That little thought or idea is the 55 ofgreatthings if you decide to follow it through.
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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。
Two years ago I was working at a girls’ summer camp — for girls who had never been given a chance to go to school. It was a rather summer until Amy arrived.
Amy was about seven. She had been in the closet (小房间) for months when she was five by her mother, who had to during the day. When a neighbor discovered Amy’s , she reported it. Amy was taken and put into a foster (代养的) home. Since then, Amy hadn’t spoken at all — the most noticeable among all the .
Then I started to notice else about Amy. After lunch most of the kids got from their parents, but none came for Amy.
At I used to sit on a bench at beach, and looking over the lake. As I approached the benches one night, I saw Amy there.
“Hey, Amy,” I said, sitting to her. “You see that light there, on the other of water? I like looking at that light. For me it’s like my dream. One I’m going to do something important with my life.”
The next day when the was handed out, Amy’s name was out. She went up to get the letter. I went over and asked, “Hey, Amy, what’s your secret?”
She didn’t . She looked at the letter, a picture of a lake with a big shining on the other side of it. She looked at me, and put the over her heart.
On the last day of the camp, she gave me a big hug good bye. she had dream of her own. I hope so.
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Cody was an outgoing black dog with a big tail. Our dog Tasha was a similar spirit. she shared the yard with Cody, they soon became fast friends.
We often saw a ball of black and white fur as they neck and neck toward some unlucky bird that had just landed in the yard. The only time I saw any between them was when we fed Tasha. Cody would jump up, to share. However, Tasha would bare her teeth and shout . Finally, Cody would slip away with his tail between her legs.
One day my husband came home quite . He had just found Cody by the side of the road, killed by a speeding truck. Tasha cleaned Cody’s smooth fur with her nose and mouth and whined(哀鸣). Over the next few weeks, Tasha was in low with her tail between her legs. She missed her old friend.
At the same time, Tasha’s food dish disappeared. We replaced it with another, to have that one disappear as well. There bowls, plates, even an old coffee can. They all disappeared. Finally, the was solved when our neighbor knocked on our door, her arms loaded with the missing dishes, some still half-full of dog .
“Are these yours?” she asked. “I saw Tasha headed toward the , so I followed her. Then I noticed all these dishes in a pile.”
, I asked, “Where were they?”
“It was right by the place where Cody .”
Could Tasha have been begging her old friend back by offering him the one thing she to give him when he was alive?
Even today, the story makes me feel sad. It me that I need to share whatever blessings I’ve received with others — before it’s too late.
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
From the very beginning, the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Though the girl loved the guy ____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me?" As the guy was not good at words, this often caused the girl to be very ____.
After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____ his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to ____ her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, the family finally ____. Before he went abroad, they got engaged．They often sent their ____ through emails and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.
One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was _____ by a car. The collision (碰撞) on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a _____ to him. She ____ him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer. With the letter, she sent the ring back to him.
The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget ____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the ____ and started a new life. She told herself every day that she must ____ the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was ____. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____ of him.
A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____ an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered (打击). When she opened the letter, she saw her own ____ in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____ she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____ the sign language. I want you to know I haven’t forgotten my ____. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you." With these, he slipped the ____ back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.
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