I recently had a patient undergo surgery. He’d been out to have dinner with some friends and had started to feel ____, so he came in to see me. I made the diagnosis (诊断) and called a surgical colleague to do the operation on him. Afterwards, I ____the surgeon, who rep orted the operation had gone well, with almost no blood loss, and considered the whole process a success. When I went to visit my patient in his hospital room, however, he painted a much ____ picture. He was very thankful to be ____ and to all of us who’d worked hard to bring that ____about. But what he was most focused on was how ____ his minute-by-minute experience had been. He’d been in terrible pain and felt incredibly uncomfortable after the operation. He had to wait in recovery for an hour ____ they’d gotten his post-operative pain under control. He’d also had a terrible itch (痒痒) between his shoulder that he was unable to ____ by himself and couldn’t get anyone else to help him until he’d gotten his nurse’s ____ . When he’d been cleared to ____ the operation room, he’d been all but forgotten about for another hour until his hospital room was ready. He’d wanted to ____ the room number so he could text his wife, but no one around told him. Finally, when he’d arrived at his room, he ____ that he couldn’t eat anything until he started passing gas. As I listened to his ____ , I realized what a gap existed in doctors’ goals and his. Doctors ____ to save him, but they didn’t understand how much the little things ___ his experience in hospital.
A．sick B．happy C．sleepy D．tired
A．cared for B．talked with C．thought of D．looked after
A．exact B．different C．beautiful D．strange
A．shameful B．calm C．alive D．popular
A．benefit B．future C．news D．result
A．costly B．awful C．confusing D．unforgettable
A．since B．until C．before D．unless
A．treat B．reach C．recognize D．see
A．payment B．instruction C．attention D．advice
A．repair B．clean C．visit D．leave
A．recall B．know C．record D．say
A．learned B．suggested C．insisted D．thought
A．efforts B．complaints C．measures D．experiences
A．aimed B．suggested C．afforded D．seemed
A．discovered B．affected C．improved D．kept
Who is setting your standards for you ?
A true story has it that one elder man 36 to jog around the local high school football field. As he huffed and puffed(气喘吁吁) along, the team was 37 . The players soon started running sprints up and down the field. The man told himself “I will 38 keep running until they quit.”
So he ran. And they ran. And he ran some more. And they kept running. And he kept running until he 39 finally run no more. He stopped in 40 . One of the players, equally out of breath, approached him and said in a crying voice, “Boy, I am so glad that you finally stopped. 41 told us we had to keep running 42 the old guy who was jogging !” He was watching them. They were watching him. He was letting them set his 43 , on the contrary, they allow him to set44 .
My question is this: Are you keeping 45 with somebody else in your daily life? Are you 46 people to set your standards for you? What about your standards, or 47 , for moral behavior or even your way of building up your own characteristics ? Or guidelines for what kind of life 48 you want? Negative or positive? Do you keep pace with those 49 you, or do you decided yourself just 50 you will live your life? The true is that only you are 51 to determine what your standards will be.
Set your standards too low, and you will know only 52 . But set high standards and you can live an immeasurably full and 53 life. For only when you 54 the best that is within yourself, will you experience great living. Just as an old saying goes: “Think big 55 , and win big success.”
Who is setting your standards?
A．planned B．decided C．hoped D．begged
A．in practice B．in order C．in place D．in danger
A．just B．simple C．hardly D．nearly
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．delight B．despair C．astonishment D．exhaustion
A．Headmaster B．Teacher C．Coach D．Monitor
A．as long as B．as far as C．as soon as D．as good as
A．example B．timetable C．standards D．tricks
A．his B．him C．them D．theirs
A．touch B．pace C．contact D．promise
A．making B．encouraging C．having D．allowing
A．principals B．theories C．principles D．rules
A．way B．method C．technique D．attitude
A．around B．along C．against D．across
A．why B．how C．where D．whether
A．admitted B．educated C．qualified D．demanded
A．dishonest B．discontent C．uncomfortable D．unforgettable
A．selfless B．valueless C．worthwhile D．worthless
A．work for B．long for C．reach for D．run for
A．target B．score C．deal D．goal
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a father, I greatly valued the moments 36 my son and I could be together, and that day was really special.
Louisville, Kentucky was a place where basketball was an important part of life, and 37 taking my son to an NBA exhibition game was one of those special moments. But little did I realize how special that evening was going to be! It was blowing some mean wind. Josh 38 my hand as we crossed the parking lot and 39 for the famous Freedom Hall. 40 eight years old, he still felt it was okay to hold his father’s hand, and I felt grateful, knowing that this kind of moments would pass 41 .
The stadium42 nineteen-thousand-plus fans, and it definitely looked like a sellout(客满的).The expectation of seeing Mrhael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls43 the Washington Bullets44 our pace across the parking lot, thinking about 45 the game was going to go. The tumstile(十字转门)clicked and Josh hung on to his souvenir ticket stub (票根）like he had just won the lottery! We pushed our 46 to the upper-level seats of the “true” fans. Before we know it, the game was 47 way. During a time out, we dashed to 48 hot dog and Coke and rushed back so that we 49 miss a single part of the game. Things were going as expected until halftime. I started to talk to some friends50 when there was a pull on my sleeve, my arm was pulled over by a 51 young Josh, and he began putting a multicolored, woven yarn bracelet(丝织手獨）around my wrist. It 52 really well, and he was really focused attentively as he carefully made a double square knot to keep it secure. On this special 53 I realized the significance of the moment. With a smile, I told him proudly how I knew this was a “friendship brardet” and said, “I guess this means we are 54 ” Without missing a beat, his big brown eyes looking me straight in the face, he exclaimed, “We’re 55 friends. You’re my dad!”
A．when B．what C．that D．which
A．particularly B．certainly C．specially D．especially
A．held B．had C．carried D．caught
A．left B．set C．walked D．headed
A．As B．Though C．But D．Even
A．often B．frequently C．soon D．slowly
A．sat B．seated C．included D．involved
A．with B．for C．to D．against
A．sped up B．looked up C．built up D．turned up
A．what B．that C．which D．how
A．path B．way C．route D．track
A．on B．in C．by D．under
A．eat B．book C．order D．make
A．wouldn’t B．needn’t C．dared not D．mustn’t
A．besides B．near C．nearby D．beside
A．exhausted B．pleased C．determined D．astonished
A．fit B．suited C．matched D．applied
A．situation B．occasion C．position D．condition
A．neighbors B．classmates C．teammates D．friends
A．no more than B．better than C．more than D．other than
In this modern world, we rush around all day with no time for stillness. And when we are 48 to be still, we're in line for something, or waiting at a doctor's appointment, or on a bus or train. This comes at a 49 : we lose that time for consideration, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And 50 yet: sometimes no action is better than too much action at all. You can run around crazily, but get nothing done. Take a moment to think about how you spend your days? Are you always 51 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your life? If not, take a moment to be still. Don't think about what you have to do, or what you've done already. 52 be in the moment. Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your 53 , and how you'd like it to be. See your life with less movement and less rushing. See it with more stillness and more peace. It's pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once you've got 54 to that, try doing less each day. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of waiting for it.
Value the stillness. It's a treasure and it's 55 to us, always.
A．forced B．ordered C．invited D．told
A．cost B．risk C．loss D．danger
A．later B．worse C．better D．deeper
A．breaking B．rushing C．living D．going
A．Nearly B．Ever C．Just D．Already
A．life B．belief C．road D．future
A．addicted B．accustomed C．permitted D．ready
A．available B．convenient C．potential D．reasonable
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was six when I joined my father's fields in Okla. By the time I was eight, I was helping Dad 36 old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I 37 out of old boards. I got my first real job, at JM's Restaurant when I was 12. My main responsibilities were 38 tables. At that age, it was 39 going to work and glimpsed at my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working 40 me to have. Because of my job, I was always the first one to buy something delicious. This made me 41 .
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 42 around town. A local clothing store offered me credit despite my young age. I immediately bought an expensive coat and shoes on credit. I was 43 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the store keeper $90!
So I learned 44 the danger of easy credit. I paid it off as soon as I could. My first job taught me 45 and brought me a level of personal satisfaction few of my friends had 46 . As my father, who worked three jobs, once told me, “If you understand sacrifice and 47 , there are not many things in life you can't have.” How right he was.
A．make B．paint C．sell D．repair
A．pulled B．put C．picked D．pressed
A．sweeping B．packing C．clearing D．emptying
A．easy B．heavy C．difficult D．pleasant
A．allowed B．preferred C．taught D．managed
A．proud B．rich C．grateful D．hopeful
A．showed B．got C．flew D．carried
A．raising B．spending C．counting D．making
A．greatly B．actually C．hardly D．really
A．self-development B．self-control C．self-criticism D．self-confidence
A．lost B．improved C．developed D．experienced
A．responsibility B．promise C．independence D．ambition
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why should you go to college? One important answer to this question is more __16___. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are _17___ to get the number of high-paid jobs that were __18__ available. The U.S. has been changed from a manufacturing-based economy into an economy based on ___19_, and the importance of a college education today can be _20___ to that of a high school education forty years ago. It __21__ as the gateway to better choices and more opportunity.
There are __22_ reasons as to why it is important to go to college. When students _23__ a post-secondary education, they have the opportunity to read books and listen to the __24__ of top experts in their fields. It __25__ students to think, ask questions, and __26_ new ideas, which allows for additional growth and ___27_ and provides college graduates with an edge in the job market __28__ those who have not experienced a higher education.
The importance of a college education is also because of the opportunity to __29__ valuable resources. The more connections which are __30___ during your college career, the more _31___ you will have when you begin your job search. Once you have ended your job search and have started your career, ___32__, the importance of a college education has not been exhausted. Having a college degree often __33_ greater promotion opportunity.
So, why should you go to college? The reasoning does not begin and end with the _34___ aspect. A good education is __35__ from many different viewpoints, and while the importance of a college education is quite evident for many high school students, what is often not as clear is how they will pay for that education.
A．time B．freedom C．respect D．opportunity
A．likely B．unable C．afraid D．unwilling
A．once B．just C．never D．also
A．nature B．culture C．knowledge D．agriculture
A．referred B．added C．devoted D．compared
A．follows B．serves C．unites D．disappears
A．additional B．secret C．interesting D．financial
A．discuss B．ignore C．experience D．imagine
A．stories B．requests C．suggestion D．lecture
A．helps B．encourages C．forbids D．advises
A．design B．explore C．change D．refuse
A．development B．payment C．agreement D．experiment
A．for B．over C．in D．with
A．admire B．satisfy C．gain D．notice
A．removed B．collected C．explained D．controlled
A．inventions B．choices C．worries D．salaries
A．besides B．therefore C．however D．otherwise
A．saves B．includes C．ensures D．means
A．life B．character C．communication D．job
A．free B．rare C．beneficial D．absent