Take a Slow Walk
By Zero Wu
As an Indian saying goes, he who walks too fast needs to take a , waiting for his soul to catch up.
I am the one who walk too fast. Lost in life, with a fast-paced lifestyle, I hurried on with my journey until some day I began to learn to take a （3） walk.
I sometimes doubt myself what I insist on and give upon is totally different from of other people and whether I have no sense of fear about it. In my prelife, I must be a riding a horse galloping (驰骋) freely all over the world. in present life, I am a woman of iron will a man. With prelife's blood flowing inside, I can at any time carry my bag to take on my long-time adventure.
As a child, I always myself buried in books and naively (天真烂漫地) thought, cup of tea and book in hand, I was in a paradise, for I always bore in mind that " tea can intoxicate (使陶醉) me, why need I drink wine? Now that books can make the room sweet, why are flowers ?"
I am a person who has just begun to take a slow walk, my own stories as "fables" of a person who has the courage to take my free-willed journey （14） the massive land; who has been from any intense feelings along with worries; who has learnt to take a after getting deeply drunk; who will let go if the "bird" in heart has to fly away; who wishes to live in the afterlife as a tree described by Chen Danyan thoughts or pains; who long keeps smiles and inner peace, although crowded on the subway train.
I leave behind the speech that I have for lives around the lips at which overgrows wild grass. I might as well bury it in a small garden, or my emotion to it, dismissing the sweet of life to my ever-lastingly meaningful written words.
A．rest B．walk C．look D．seat
A．would B．used to C．ought to D．seemed to
A．fast B．quick C．slow D．obtuse
A．what B．which C．whether D．who
A．that B．it C．one D．other
A．traveler B．reporter C．worker D．warrior
A．Still B．Even C．So D．Though
A．more than B．not more than C．not worse than D．no worse than
A．sent B．drove C．kept D．made
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Until
A．planted B．needed C．managed D．grown
A．interpreting B．forming C．changing D．recording
A．took up B．held up C．picked up D．set up
A．across B．over C．inside D．through
A．lucky B．busy C．far D．free
A．walk B．step C．suck D．break
A．with B．without C．for D．along
A．collected B．gathered C．accumulated D．planed
A．give B．attach C．approach D．bring
A．decorate B．picture C．explain D．introduce
完形填空（共1小题）
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked．When the baby was placed in her arms, she was ．The baby had been born without ears．Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect．It was only his that was damaged．When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life．He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates．He might________have been class president, but for that．The boy’s father with the family physician in secret．“Could ________ be done?” the father asked．“I believed I could________on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got．” the doctor answered．So the ________ began for a person who would make such a ________ for a young man．Two years went by．Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son．Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need．________it’s a secret,” said the father．The operation was very ________ , and a new person appeared．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who ________ so much to me? I could never do enough for him．” “I do not believe you could,” said the father．The secret was ________ for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材)．Slowly and ________ , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to ________that his mother had no outer ears．“Mother said she was ________ she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less________ , did they?”
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Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were , well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother retirement age, she was filled with over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years, she often sighed. My father had always been to work—we had always he’d work less and spend more time with us . But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a on them. As a result, I college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to .
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and 34 coffee for a homeless customer, I that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up . Motivated by fear of an uncertain , I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页), professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be . My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
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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。
Learning a life lesson on managing time
One day，an expert was speaking to a group of students about how to manage their time．He ________ an example those students will never forget．
He pulled out a wide jar and put it on the table．He also ________ about a dozen rocks and carefully ________ them into the jar．One at a time．When no more rocks would ________ inside，he asked，“Is this jar full？”
Everyone in the class answered loudly，“Yes．” The expert said，“Really？” He ________ under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel (砾石)．He put some gravel in and ________ the jar，causing it to go down into the ________ between the big rocks．He then asked the group once more，“Is this jar full？”
“ ________ not，” one of them answered this time．“Good！” he replied．From under the table he brought out a bucket of sand and started ________ the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left ________ the rocks and the gravel．Once more he asked the question，“Is this jar full？”
“No！” the class shouted．Once again he said，“Good．” Then he ________ a cup of water in ________ the jar was full．Then he looked at the class and asked，“What is the ________ here？”
Immediately one ________ student raised his hand and said，“The point is，no matter how full your ________ is，if you try really hard you can always fit ________ things in！” “No，” the expert replied，“that’s not the point．The point is if you don’t put the big rocks in ________ ，you’ll never get them in ________．What are the ‘big rocks’ in your ________ ？Time with your loved ones，your education，or your dreams？Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all，________ you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big，important things．”
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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。
My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡)．It's impossible for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people．In fact, they're hard to spot, they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in ．Tom was working out in the field when he her walking around at the edge of the field．She was unafraid and seemed to be curious about what he was doing.
Tom saw the bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him．We quickly grew f the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch．Tom he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be ignored．She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then________off to see what he would do．This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ________and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to ________ more and more often．________Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a picture of the two of them together．This friendly grouse soon felt________ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a ________at the end of our driveway asking ________ not to shoot our pet grouse．My father, who lived down the road, ________ warned people not to shoot her．In fact, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
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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。
An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and 4-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands , his eyesight was not clear, and his unsteady（不稳定的）. The family were every night at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and sight made this rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, would often spill（洒落）onto the tablecloth. “We must do some-thing about grandfather,” said the husband.
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There , grandfather ate in the corner while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. grandfather had already broken a dish or two , his food was served in a bowl. Sometimes, when the family grandfather, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone. , the only words the couple had for him were sharp when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The 4-year-old boy watched all this .
One evening before supper, the father his son playing with wood scraps（小块）on the floor. He asked the child sweetly :“What are you making?” Just as , the boy answered: “Oh, I am making a little for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.”The 4-year-old boy smiled and went back to on it.
The words the parents so much that they were . Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. no word was spoken , both knew what they had to do. That evening, the husband took grandfather’s hand and led him back to the family table.
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