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。
My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string ___players in our town. He could not ____music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his ____for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, ____his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to grow into a man and have children of my own ____I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air __ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ____ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could ____your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his __ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was __in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand _____ by the machine. He didn't lose enough of the finger ____ it would stop him picking up anything, but it did ________ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, When I came home and asked him to play, Dad would make _________ for why he couldn't play. For the family it didn't make any ________that Dad couldn't play as well.
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life ________ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the________time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few ________. When I looked around, there was not a ________eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life,—________. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!
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My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet. But that September when I was in a ballet class and went to do a turn, something just happened. I heard it and I surely it. I went right to a doctor and got an X-ray examination, which a lot of damage to my knee — a(n) injury for a dancer. I had to have a(n) .Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury. Dance was my life, but , I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or never again.
My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was a battle against cancer at that time. He showed me how to make it through a situation. I thought that if he could do that, I could handle this, too. my operation, I had great difficulty walking, but I knew that if I really worked hard, my injury would heal.
Several months later, I definitely wasn’t at my strongest, but I could a class. The dancing I did was at first — moves that my knee could handle.
Once we started practicing in the fall, I was beginning to feel like myself . One day, I the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld. I thought it must be a(n) because he is very famous in the ballet world. But it wasn’t. He me and taught me a lot of things. At l8, I had a solo performance! It was a big . I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina. After the , Eliot said, “You know, you have a(n) — and you are also made of steel.” That, coming from him, was the compliment (赞美) I have ever received. I’d like to think that my injury made me strong.
A．touched B．accepted C．broke D．felt
A．pointed B．said C．read D．showed
A．necessary B．deadly C．practical D．important
A．holiday B．cry C．operation D．test
A．in time B．all of a sudden C．at present D．once in a while
A．possibly B．luckily C．surprisingly D．hardly
A．leading B．fighting C．losing D．inventing
A．wonderful B．difficult C．positive D．heavy
A．After B．During C．At D．Over
A．set out B．take up C．break into D．get through
A．basic B．quick C．formal D．hard
A．before B．then C．again D．too
A．stole B．borrowed C．faced D．checked
A．mistake B．opportunity C．problem D．task
A．held B．obeyed C．encouraged D．received
A．surprise B．secret C．success D．position
A．speech B．performance C．competition D．match
A．gift B．chance C．luck D．exercise
A．simplest B．deepest C．greatest D．smartest
A．dealing with B．letting out C．setting up D．turning to
Two weeks before Christmas a nine-year-old girl was walking with her friend down the street, sliding on the ice. They were talking about what they hoped to at Christmas.
They stopped to talk to an old man named Harry, who was his knees pulling weeds from around a large tree. His fingers were with cold.
As Harry responded to the girls, he told them he was getting the yard as a Christmas present to his mother, who had died several years before. His eyes filled with tears as he the tree and said, “ My mother was all I had. She loved her and her trees, so I do this for her at Christmas.” His words the girls and soon they were on their knees helping him to around the trees. It took the three of them the rest of the day to complete the . When they finished, Harry pressed a quarter into each of their hands. “I wish I could you more, but it’s all I’ve got right now,” he said.
As they walked they remembered that the house was , with no flowers, no Christmas tree or other decorations. Just the figure of Harry sitting by his curtainless window. The next day they agreed to put their in a jar marked “Harry’s Christmas Present” and then they began to seek for small jobs to more. Every nickel, dime, and quarter they earned went into the .
Two days before Christmas, they had enough money to buy new and a Christmas card. On Christmas Eve they came to Harry’s singing carols. When he opened the door, they him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper, the card and a pumpkin pie still from the oven. With trembling hands, he the paper from the gloves, and then to their astonishment, he held them up to his face and wept.
A．prepare B．seek C．get D．arrange
A．off B．at C．with D．on
A．black B．blue C．yellow D．white
A．in shape B．in store C．in style D．in practice
A．patted B．cut C．dug D．climbed
A．family B．yard C．job D．pet
A．confused B．shocked C．touched D．reminded
A．gather B．fertilize C．water D．weed
A．task B．plan C．goal D．harvest
A．love B．pay C．praise D．donate
A．ordinary B．comfortable C．clean D．shabby
A．lovely B．friendly C．lonely D．cowardly
A．quarters B．wishes C．letters D．secrets
A．collect B．earn C．raise D．save
A．jar B．box C．wallet D．drawer
A．shoes B．clothes C．gloves D．socks
A．kitchen B．hall C．garden D．doorstep
A．gave B．presented C．shared D．offered
A．warm B．sweet C．soft D．big
A．touched B．folded C．tore D．pasted
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was . I felt that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to that I could possibly have ever met with his friend out of millions of people in Chicago. But, , I just smiled and reminded（提醒） him that Chicago was a very city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be glad to drop the topic and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he had his own tennis court（网球场）. There were a lot of people with swimming , yet there were only two people with private (私人的）tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合) _ his Chicago friend also spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had __ the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
A．friend B．teacher C．neighbour D．brother
A．managed B．tried C．happened D．wanted
A．expecting B．joking C．lying D．talking
A．funny B．careful C．serious(认真） D．disappointed
A．see B．find C．realize D．think
A．indeed B．instead C．actually D．exactly
A．big B．interesting C．noisy D．famous
A．failed B．stopped C．refused D．began
A．problem B．choice C．interest D．work
A．just B．even C．ever D．surely
A．suit B．pools C．habit D．river
A．friends B．players C．strangers D．people
A．advised B．admitted 承认) C．argued(争论) D．announced（宣布）
A．recognized B．visited C．knew D．found
A．where B．whether C．when D．how
A．though B．if C．then D．because
A．player B．friend C．neighbour D．doctor
A． sold B．visited C．designed D．rent
A．smiled B．cried C．laughed D．nodded
A．turn B．pleasure C．time D．chance
One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like , whatever it might be, I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to how much of my success I owe to my of those words as one of my values. My job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I what I wanted to do as a career. I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took that much. I couldn’t have been more . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity to through the company into different .I accepted each new opportunity with the , “Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always go back to my position.” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I a large number of different talents and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being trying new opportunities. I’ve also discovered that if I what I am doing and work hard at achieving my , I will succeed. That’s why I am so to be a part of CareerFables.com. I think has come and I am determined to make it a success.
A．everything B．something C．everybody D．somebody
A．until after B．ever since C．so that D．long before
A．consider B．argue C．include D．realize
A．suggestion B．explanation C．acceptance D．discussion
A．hard B．best C．extra D．first
A．determined B．examined C．experienced D．introduced
A．Actually B．Gradually C．Finally D．Usually
A．helped B．required C．expressed D．mattered
A．careful B．mistaken C．interested D．prepared
A．look up B．take up C．move up D．put up
A．situations B．choices C．directions D．positions
A．thought B．reply C．action D．advice
A．easier B．newer C．earlier D．higher
A．permitted B．counted C．organized D．enjoyed
A．show B．possess C．need D．gather
A．lucky for B．slow at C．open to D．afraid of
A．think of B．give away C．believe in D．turn into
A．business B．goal C．fortune D．growth
A．excited B．curious C．surprised D．helpful
A．dream B．time C．power D．honor
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs the pit. When they saw how the pit was, they told the two frogs that they might as well be .
The two frogs ignored what were saying and to jump up out of the pit with all of their physical strength. The other frogs telling them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs the comments, seriously considered them, and gave up. He down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the and just die. He jumped even harder and finally it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not us?” The frog explained to them that he was . He thought they were him the whole time.
This story teaches two lessons: First, there is power of life and death in the . An encouraging word to someone who is can lift them up and help them make it through the day. Second,a destructive word to someone who is down can be it takes to kill them. Be of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path.
The of words is great. It is sometimes hard to understand an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times.
A．jumped over B．looked through C．came down D．gathered around
A．big B．deep C．dangerous D．wide
A．dead B．kind C．quiet D．safe
A．the ones B．another C．the others D．others
A．promised B．tried C．managed D．agreed
A．kept B．enjoyed C．finished D．stopped
A．came up with B．paid attention to C．got used to D．got along with
A．slowed B．went C．climbed D．fell
A．much B．straight C．hard D．fast
A．pain B．disease C．fear D．competition
A．worked B．turned C．left D．made
A．follow B．hear C．recognize D．consider
A．deaf B．blind C．honest D．clever
A．respecting B．comforting C．encouraging D．beating
A．society B．communication C．tongue D．misunderstanding
A．down B．angry C．away D．up
A．who B．that C．which D．what
A．proud B．careful C．afraid D．free
A．function B．energy C．power D．skill
A．that B．what C．whether D．when