Life is a series of choices and we can’t always foresee the consequences.
Harry Saleem, an obese( too fat) man with too much money and power, faced a(n) . Outside his office waited his personal , bringing him the news about the only medicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important of business.
His secretary asked him she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his . “No. let the fool wait,” answered Saleem, “business comes first.” the health problem caused by his huge weight, he was still about making money. He a fat finger, and one of his staffs to switch on a large television set.
On the screen appeared his engineer. They talked by satellite directly to each other although they were thousands of miles . “It’s all ready to explode, Mr. Saleen,” he said, “just one .” His engineer was standing above Pakan Valley in South America. A few months ago, it had been a rainforest. Then Saleem’s men came, cutting down all the valuable trees and the villagers to move out. the valley, a dam had been built. This would provide power for the factories that Saleem planned to build in that area. The factories would bring him great .
He saw no reason to delay. He ordered the engineer to press the button. There, in the valley, a cloud of dust rose, by a dull explosion. A large river changed its course and water flooded into the valley.
“Good, that’s that. Now, get that doctor in here,” he .
The doctor came in with a worried look and started to examine his patient. “You are doing very well, Mr. Saleen. The only medicine is saving your life. But the difficulty is getting more of it.”
“Can you get more? Money is no problem.” Saleen said. “Tell me what you need and we’ll get it.”
The medicine was made of a plant, which is . There is only one place in the world where the plant grows.”
“Where?” asked the businessman, .
The doctor smiled. “Well, luckily, the plant comes from one of the lands you own, sir. It comes from a place in South America, known as Pakan Valley.”
A．choice B．opportunity C．consequence D．problem
A．employee B．secretary C．doctor D．engineer
A．amazing B．interesting C．heart-breaking D．important
A．event B．matter C．incident D．accident
A．that B．whether C．until D．unless
A．decision B．mistake C．promise D．plan
A．Besides B．Except C．Instead D．Despite
A．addicted B．crazy C．interested D．dying
A．arose B．rose C．raised D．aroused
A．began B．stopped C．hesitated D．hurried
A．apart B．away C．far D．aside
A．look B．word C．moment D．while
A．forcing B．asking C．forbidding D．stopping
A．Above B．Along C．Through D．Across
A．profits B．advantages C．preference D．achievements
A．follow B．to follow C．following D．followed
A．demanded B．recommended C．commanded D．suggested
A．healthy B．wealthy C．worried D．frightened
A．common B．usual C．rare D．normal
A．delightedly B．thoughtfully C．impatiently D．cautiously
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to 1 and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 2 to go home. Some battled to 3a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the 4bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I 5 to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most 6 had stopped. After making my way 7 crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was 8. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to 9 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the 10 . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 11 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was 12 through, exhausted and 13
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer 14 I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 15 went to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 16 to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that 17 message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of 18 can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic 19 had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately 20 me and put a smile back on my face.
1. A. confusion B. flood C. sink D. crash
2. A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered
3. A. order B. pay C. call D. search
4. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden
5. A. occurred B. promised C. deserved D. happened
6. A. practice B. routine C. process D. service
7. A. to B. through C. over D. for
8. A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing
9. A. check B. carry C. find D. board
10. A. streetB. ground C. floor D. platform
11. A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked
12. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt
13. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. helpless
14. A. while B. when C. where D. after
15. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually
16. A. devotion B. donation C. concern D. reaction
17. A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous
18. A. promise B. appreciation C. admiration D. guidance
19. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs
20. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. refreshed
What on Earth about Chinese Football?
Do you like playing football? Do you know what on earth about Chinese football? Are you in
__1__ of watching Chinese football? If you are,you will know that China's football world is a mess (混乱) recently. It looks as if only an earthquake 2 the system and a reform has to 3. Last week, the fa'st steps towards change might have been 4 when the Chinese Football Association(CFA) agreed 5out the reform of the Chinese Premier League (中超联赛). For example, no team will leave the league for its bad performance this year. The move came following pressure from both clubs and the fans.
The story starts when the Beijing Hyundai Football Club quit a match (罢赛) on October 2,2004 in protest against a penalty kick (违规点球). The club disagreed 6 their punishment made by the CFA, 7included a fine and a points cut. It warned it might leave the league. Many fans and clubs supported Beijing Hyundai's position. They said that the fault did not lie 8 the club but the troubled Chinese football world. Scold of match fixing and" black whistles" have been frequent since the late 1990s. In an important match 9Yanbian Hyundai and Sichuan Quanxing in 1995, one side gave up defending to protest 10 unfair referees(判罚) and watched the other side score almost freely. Some teams lose 11purpose because it 12 the same owner with its opposition. Most football fans are losing interest in such games because of their lack 13professional spirit.
Most football clubs are 14 and some cannot pay their players. Smaller and smaller crowds means ticket sales, their other main income, 15falling. All the facts show that Chinese football has come to its most critical point for years. "There is no choice 16 . The CFA will help those clubs which are losing money to 17confidence l8 a profit ",said Yan Shiduo, the vice president of the CFA. Wang Wen, 19 of Beijing's Football Fans Association said," The fans are 20 by Chinese football and we hope for effective reform of the league."
1.A.habit B.a habit C.the habit D.habits
2.A.will shake up B.shake up C.would shake up D.should shake up
3.A.carry out B. be carried out C.make D.be made
4.A.made B.carried C.taken D.brought
5.A.to carry B.carrying C.with carrying D.on carrying
6.A.with B.to C.on D./
7.A.it B.which C.that D.this
8.A.in B.on C.at D.with
9.A.between B.among C.in D.on
10.A.at B.for C.against D.in
11. A.for B. on C. in D. with
12.A. shares B. spares C. owns D. wants
13. A. for B. of C. with D. to
14. A. on debts B. in red C. in the debt D. in the red
15. A. is B. are C. was D. were
16. A. but reform B. but reforming C. but to reform D.other than to reform
17.A.build B.build up C. set up D. put up
18.A.to make B. making C. make D.made
19.A.head B.thehead C. a headD.heads
20.A.harmed B.hurt C.injured D.destroyed
Dear God，
Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never 2 1 appreciatedtheir mothers until it was too 22to tell them．
I am 23with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her 24 each day．My mother does not 25，but I do． 26 I grow older and wiser．Irealize what a(n) 27person she is．How sad that I alil 28 to speak thesewords in her presence，29they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I 30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into 3 l a child? For32a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows 33？ For waiting for the day 34 a daughter realizes her mother really is？
How does a 35wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or 36silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of 38?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she 39an
d to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my 40 as my mother looks in mine．
A daughter
21．A fullyB．trulyC．painfully D mainly
22．A．earlyB．slowC．1ate D．fast
23．A．satisfiedB．preparedC．worried D blessed
24．A muchB．moreC．1ess D．fewer
25．A．standB．moveC．change D exist
26．A．AsB．WithC．For D．Because
27．A．ordinaryB．usualC．strictD extraordinary
28．A．unableB．ableC．eagerD ready
29．A．thereforeB．otherwiseC．but D．however
30.A herselfB．itselfC．themselves D．oneself
31.A．punishing B．blamingC．raising D．praising
32.A．running afterB．running across C．running out D．running for
33 A．something B．everythingC．anything D．not
hing
34．A．thatB．whenC．in which D．where
35 A．grownB．pleasedC．trained D．well-behaved
36 A interrupting B．dislikingC．representing D．remaining
37．A．askedB．toldC．ordered D required
38．A．timesB．daysC．months D years
39．A．gotsB．givesC．deserves D．delivers
40.A．husband B．childrenC．relativesD．neighbours
It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the 16 was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were17 among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got18__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down19he was asleep. His hat was20down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too21 for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes22 out. I guessed this man was 23 and asleep, so I walked on 24through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 25the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took26 to ask him to come in, 27 me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his 28 and to give us the Word, __29 the doors to the church opened. In30the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _31 . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart32 .
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and33 it on his stand.
“ 34, I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you 35 people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
16. A. school B. lecture C. park D. church
17. A. arguing B. whispering C. stating D. speaking
18. A. closer B. clearer C. lower D. farther
19. A. even though B. so that C. as if D. even if
20. A. dragged B. pulled C. dropped D. pushed
21. A. big B. bad C. ugly D. small
22. A. reached B. went C. stuck D. ran
23. A. homeless B. helpless C. hopeless D. careless
24. A. out B. by C. across D. from
25. A. invited B. mentioned C. took D. called
26. A. pleasure B. measure C. courage D. trouble
27. A. except B. besides C. without D. including
28. A. turn B. place. C. time D. seat
29. A. when B. before C. as D. after
30. A. rushed B. hurried C. came D. entered
31. A. decision B. choices C. faces D. jokes
32. A. sank B. fell C. broke D. failed
33. A. threw B. set C. laid D. folded
34. A. Brothers B. Folks C. Supporters D. Members
35. A. judge B. hate C. treat D. test
Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was ____1____ to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was ___2___. So both of them agreed not to ____3___ after choosing a ____4___ at every fork(岔道口).
A road sign at the first fork ____5____ one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the ____6____ after a ___7____ discussion because lion were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division(路口) going separately to the pandas and peacock. They ____8____ pandas as it was the nation’s treasure and went the way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant ____9____ what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and ____10____, for it brooked(容忍)no delay. If they hesitated they would miss ___11___. Only ___12___ decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and ___13____ possible regret.
Life is ____14____ like this------ choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two ____15_____ jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you ___16____ give up the other ------- you can get half of it. If you __17___ weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely _____18_____ empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. ___19___ you have got half of the desirable things in life ------ something that is ___20____ to come by.
1.A. easy B. eagerC. impossible D. possible
2.A. enough B. limited C. tight D. plentiful
3.A. retrace B. come C. go D. go back
4.A. main road B. branch C. crossing D. highway
5.A. showed B. pointed C. intended D. made
6.A. former B. later C. lost D. the third
7.A. brief B. long C. no D. heated
8.A. hoped B. wanted C. favored D. got
9.A. getting B. takingC. grasping D. giving up
10.A. slowly B. immediately C. timely D. easily
11.A. less B. more C. most D. least
12.A. high B. slow C. short D. rapid
13.A. increase B. ridC. reduce D. raise
14.A. just exactly B. more or less C. hardly D. most
15.A. unwanted B. rejected C. enjoyable D. desirable
16.A. wish B. want C. must D. have to
17.A. spend time B. kill time C. have a hard time D. hope for
18.A. start with B. get up C. succeed in D. end up in
19.A. By no means B. Not in the least C. At most D. At least
20.A. stupid B. delighted C. hard D. supported