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。
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress (压力) management. He a glass of water and asked the audience, “How do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers ranged (变化) 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute . It depends on how you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for a(n) , I will have a pain in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to an ambulance(救护车). It is exactly the weight, but the longer I hold it, the it becomes.” The whole audience became silent, lost in thought.
After a moment, the lecturer continued, “ we carry our burden(负担) all the time, , we will not be able to carry on with the burden becoming increasingly heavier, heavy for us to bear.
“What you have to do is to the glass, rest for a while holding it up again.”
As is shown in the story above, we have to put down the burden periodically, we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you home from work tonight, put the burden of down. Don’t carry it back . You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burden you are having now on your , let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is short, it!
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Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with drugs and gang problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often ______trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day off.
Those fun trips had a______impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, while working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys _______. He sensed trouble between them. _____, one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. “I remember you. You took me ______ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the ______days of my life.”
Deeply touched by the boy’s words, Moody decided to create a foundation that ____ teenagers to the basis of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw where there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damage ______ on the kids,” says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he intended to present an alternative way of life, “When you are sitting there waiting for a _______” he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such conversation can be very deep.”
“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school ,”says Michelle, 17, who _______ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother _______ drugs”
Moody faces retirement in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time. “I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my_____to give back,” Moody says. “If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”
A．ran into B．got over C．left behind D．looked into
A．immediate B．damaging C．limited D．lasting
A．quarreling B．complaining C．talking D．cheering
A．Slowly B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Secretly
A．fishing B．sailing C．boating D．swimming
A．quietest B．longest C．best D．busiest
A．connects B．introduces C．reduces D．commits
A．impression B．burden C．decision D．effect
A．solution B．change C．bite D．surprise
A．participated in B．worked out C．approved of D．made up
A．misuse B．avoid C．tolerate D．test
A．team B．school C．family D．community
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith（金匠）father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their condition, two of Durer's children had a dream to seek their talent for , but they knew 1well their father would never be able to send of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（扔） a coin. The _ would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, work at the academy was almost an success. Albrecht's woodcuts（木刻） and oils were better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees his works.
When the young returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, "Now, Albert, it is your to seek your dream. I will support you."
All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he and repeated, "No ...no." Finally, Albert rose and the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, "I go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed（猛击） at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to your toast."
Today, Albrecht Durer's masterful works in every great museum in the world, but chances are great you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin stretched（伸展） skyward. He it "The Praying Hands."
Next time you see that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it !
A．hopeful B．hopeless C．disappointed D．lucky
A．music B．art C．mining D．farming
A．all B．each C．both D．either
A．painter B．loser C．winner D．failure
A．lost B．got C．won D．beat
A．whose B．his C．whom D．who
A．casual B．immediate C．attractive D．ordinary
A．far B．quite C．very D．more
A．for B．to C．in D．at
A．miner B．artist C．worker D．professor
A．luck B．turn C．move D．moment
A．sobbed B．nodded C．smiled D．laughed
A．recovered B．wept C．wiped D．handed
A．can’t B．mustn’t C．can D．have to
A．hold B．return C．move D．turn
A．visit B．represent C．present D．hang
A．when B．that C．which D．as
A．figures B．hands C．fingers D．arms
A．said B．loved C．told D．called
A．alone B．out C．yet D．before
My First Day
I was still shy before a crowd. And my first day at the new school made me laughed by my classmates. I was sent to the blackboard to write my name. I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the of so many pupils on my back made my hand __ and I was unable to write a single letter.
“ __ your name,” the teacher called to me. I lifted the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name, the first letter. Somebody laughed and I became .
“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side, at me to give me confidence.
“What’s your name?” she asked.
“Richard,” I whispered.
“Then write it.”
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was again. I tried to collect my senses but I could remember nothing. I how totally I was failing and I grew weak and leaned(斜靠) my hot forehead the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud and my muscles froze. I sat and myself. Why did I always appear so nervous I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no that I could read better than any of them, and I could talk when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange faces make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck , hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.
A．presence B．pressure C．eyes D．smiles
A．break B．struggle C．fall D．freeze (冻结)
A．Write B．Read C．Spell D．Repeat
A．still B．ever C．even D．also
A．delighted B．angry C．disappointed D．nervous
A．pointing B．smiling C．looking D．waving
A．blank B．stupid C．quiet D．empty
A．realized B．recognized C．doubted D．guessed
A．by B．before C．against D．from
A．cheer B．noise C．cry D．laugh
A．calmed B．hated C．comforted D．hid
A．when B．during C．where D．before
A．need B．doubt C．wonder D．use
A．freely B．anxiously C．clearly D．correctly
A．shaking B．suffering C．hurting D．burning
It surprised me—every time I saw Joe，he was smiling. It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light，or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank，and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe ___ smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.
Having observed Joe with other people，I ____ something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing，and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting，he had ____ for him and kind words，and offered to ____ in any way he could.
It made me think...What if I tried to smile more？A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ____ smiled back at me. Some even ____！The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and，you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him. The smile even transferred over to him，and he ____me.
As I drove home，I was smiling. I ____ what I had just learned，and when
someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____，I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing，but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day？I couldn’t believe how ____ I felt. Nothing in my life had changed，____ maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits，but those around me as well.
A．work B．happen C．matter D． last
A．order B．debt C．hand D．line
A．always B．eventually C．immediately D．still
A．naughty B．happy C．active D．Humorous
A．decided B．judged C．noticed D．considered
A．answers B．complaints C．excuses D．comments
A．guidance B．respect C．sympathy D．protection
A．perform B．attempt C．bother D．help
A．experiment B．life C．project D．program
A．meet B．touch C．know D．contact
A．glared B．greeted C．approached D．escaped
A．spare B．long C．hard D．great
A．stopped B．tried C．kept D．enjoyed
A．persuaded B．accepted C．supported D．needed
A．thanked B．changed C．encouraged D．invited
A．worried about B．thought about C．talked over D．looked over
A．gesture B．address C．call D．ticket
A．normal B．great C．reasonable D．complicated
A．so B．for C．but D．till
A．realize B．admire C．show D．lift
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹，线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall _______ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a _______ and the concrete and paint ________ tickle my nose. I _______ everything about this room.
Some of the ______ times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(讽刺的), but the _____ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to ______ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ______ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your ______ ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually _______.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and ______ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, ______ it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) _____ of being different and alone.
I ______ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ______ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ______ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ______ to know that I succeed in an area where _____ others—and virtually(事实上) no girls—do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ______. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ______ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
A．doors B．windows C．roofs D．walls
A．last look B．long walk C．short breath D．deep breath
A．smells B．tastes C．sounds D．looks
A．hate B．love C．miss D．forget
A．worst B．tiring C．best D．better
A．room B．office C．building D．stage
A．pretend B．expect C．want D．decide
A．hardly B．seriously C．always D．happily
A．acting B．speaking C．moving D．repeating
A．thought of B．judged C．taken care of D．feeling
A．happiness B．anxieties C．chances D．pressures
A．and B．however C．but D．though
A．feeling B．idea C．hope D．fact
A．seldom B．almost C．relatively D．absolutely
A．hope B．doubt C．think D．suspect
A．up for B．out at C．up to D．down to
A．pride B．duty C．humor D．sight
A．few B．many C．a few D．some
A．cruelly B．tensely C．friendly D．mildly
A．fond of B．afraid for C．sure of D．interested in