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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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar ________the students, most of them trying to ________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer ________ me with a question on the second day, I was ________ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect,________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to ________ , which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t ________ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer ________ after class. She wasn’t asking a question about a paper I’d returned. ________, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, ________ . “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I ________ him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and ________ in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________ . “I’ll be back,” she said. “I have no ________ ,” I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school ________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. She ________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The ________ of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One Sunday, a mother took her son and little daughter to watch a circus．In the of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell in her mother’s lap(大腿)．The brother, Jack, who was six, stayed awake, and the latter half with his mother．When it was over, the mother Jenny in her arms and carried her to the bus station．It was that night, so she took off her scarf and gently Jenny’s head with it．
When they arrived home, the mother carried Jenny into the bedroom and her to sleep．After Jack had changed his clothes, his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together． , when the mother asked what he liked most, there was no on his part．She was a little ．He used to speak non-stop whenever something exciting happened．
She was that something was wrong: he had been so on the way home and while getting ready for bed． She hearing nothing from him．
Suddenly Jack on his side, facing the wall．She why and got up to see his eyes welling up with tears．
“What is , honey? ”
He turned back．She could sense he was feeling some for the tears although he wiped away the tears right away．
“Mom, if I were cold, would you put your scarf around me, too?”
Of all the of that special evening out together, the most important for Jack was a little of affection—a momentary, unconscious showing of her love to his little sister．
In relationships, little things matter the most.a
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Eventually all suns will their fuel, explode and then become cold and dark．Matter itself will disappear and the universe will become for the rest of time．
This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I my eldest son as a freshman at college．That moment at the dorm is at the kindergarten door, at the gates of summer camp, at every occasion of parting and ．But it comes surprising, taking what you most．
Our ancestors thought this parting should take place ．In many societies adolescents were sent away to live with friends or relatives right after adolescence．This was supposed to the conflicts that come from teenagers and their parents very near．
Eighteen years is not enough．The days pass uncounted, until they ．The adjustment is upsetting．My son is on the side --- observant, thoughtful, a practitioner of companionable silence．I know this is hard on him as well．He will be homesick．Among the greatest of college students is they won’t have a room at home to return to．
But with due respect to my son’s feelings, I have the of parting．I know something he doesn’t --- incomprehensible to the young．He is experiencing the that come with beginnings．His life is starting for real．I have begun the long letting go．Put another way: He has a wonderful future in which my part decreases．
I’m sure my father realized it at a(n) moment．And I certainly didn’t notice or understand．At first, he was a giant who held my hand and my sky．Then a middle-aged man who paid my bills．Now, decades after his passing, a much-loved ．But I can remember the last time I hugged him in his home, where I always had a room．I can only hope to leave my son the same．
My son, those days have been the greatest wonder and of my life．And there will always be a for you．
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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、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。
There Was a Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London．She taught me about the ____ of an act of kindness, which has motivated me to give．
On the day I went to that shop．I was ____ with a very high fever．I had been off work for days and I had ____out of food．Because I had been working so hard since I had ____to town, I also had no friends who could help．
So I went out to get some food．____ ,1 would have gone to the supermarket, but on this ____, I went into the Greek shop because it was closer．I ____ a few things, from the looks of which revealed （透露） the ____ that I lived alone．Then I ____ them to the shopkeeper, who told me, "You are unwell．" I ____ rather shyly．She pointed at the things I was buying and ____ ．"I can make you a sandwich, so you don't have to do it yourself．
So, she made the sandwich and asked me to ____ a moment．She went in the back room and reappeared with a container of hot soup．"It will ____ you up," she said with a smile．
What really warmed me up, ____ ,was not the soup．It was her ____that told me she cared．Her kindness made me feel cared for when I was particularly ____ ．
And it ____me．It made me want to be as ____as the shopkeeper．I had been quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from ____ random acts of kindness．
I was determined to ____the joy．and I haven't felt lonely since!
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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、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。
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains．They reached the top ______，but on their way back conditions were very _____．Joe fell and broke his leg．They both knew that if Simon ______ alone，he would probably get back ______．But Simon decided to risk his _____ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope．
As they _____ down，the weather got worse．Then another ______ occurred．They couldn’t see or hear each other and，_____，Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(绝壁)．It was ______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up．Joe’s _____ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice．______，after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold，Simon had to ______．In tears，he cut the rope．Joe ______ into a large crevasse(裂缝)in the ice below．He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain．He couldn’t walk，but he _____ to get out of the crevasse and started to ______ towards their camp，nearly ten kilometers ______．
Simon had ___ the camp at the foot of the mountain．He thought that Joe must be _____，but he didn’t want to leave ______．Three days later，in the middle of the night，he heard Joe’s voice．He couldn’t ______ it．Joe was there，a few meters from their tent，still alive．
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For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) across the finish line of a long race．I felt that only when I____certain things could I finally be happy in my life．Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and___would win the race．At other times I would____like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous ____hoping to reach that banner a little faster．____，I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it，the banner was never any____．I finally decided to___and take a break．It was then that I saw my____sitting beside me．
It had been with me as I____hard to support my family，as I played with my children and heard their____and even when I was ____with my wife at my side looking after me．It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner．I just didn’t have the____to see it．
There is an old Chinese proverb that says，“Tension is who you think you should be．____is who you are．”Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the____life we think we should have and ____the life we have now．Happiness will never be found under some banner far away．It will be found____your own heart，soul and mind． It will be found when you___that others love you just as you do．
Don’t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness．Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of____with you everywhere you go．____yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness，you are____there．
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