During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California．I went to live there in order to be（1） him．I hated the place．I had never （2） been so unhappy．My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack（棚屋） alone．The heat was（3） ﹣almost F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4） a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5） with sand，sand，sand!
I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6） and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7） be in prison!My father answered my （8） with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9） ﹣two lines that completely changed my life：
Two men looked out from prison bars，One saw the mud，the other saw the stars．
I read those two lines（10） I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11） ； I would look for the stars
I made friends with the natives，and their（12） amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13） to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14） for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15）
What brought about this（16） change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17） I had．I had changed my（18） And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19） of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20） the stars
（1）
| A． |
off |
B． |
behind |
C． |
near |
D． |
beyond |
（2）
| A． |
before |
B． |
already |
C． |
then |
D． |
still |
（3）
| A． |
inflexible |
B． |
incomprehensible |
C． |
uncontrollable |
D． |
unbearable |
（4）
| A． |
Only |
B． |
Not |
C． |
Many |
D． |
Such |
（5）
| A． |
covered |
B． |
filled |
C． |
buried |
D． |
charged |
（6）
| A． |
catching up |
B． |
keeping up |
C． |
giving up |
D． |
getting up |
（7）
| A． |
ought to |
B． |
might well |
C． |
would rather |
D． |
had better |
（8）
| A． |
request |
B． |
call |
C． |
question |
D． |
letter |
（9）
| A． |
comparison |
B． |
imagination |
C． |
consideration |
D． |
memory |
（10）
| A． |
over and over |
B． |
by and by |
C． |
up and down |
D． |
now and then |
（11）
| A． |
company |
B． |
occupation |
C． |
situation |
D． |
relationship |
（12）
| A． |
movement |
B． |
reaction |
C． |
guidance |
D． |
purpose |
（13）
| A． |
refused |
B． |
failed |
C． |
managed |
D． |
happened |
（14）
| A． |
asked |
B． |
hunted |
C． |
waited |
D． |
headed |
（15）
| A． |
floor |
B． |
surface |
C． |
rock |
D． |
level |
（16）
| A． |
shocking |
B． |
challenging |
C． |
puzzling |
D． |
astonishing |
（17）
| A． |
as |
B． |
but |
C． |
for |
D． |
or |
（18）
| A． |
attitude |
B． |
principle |
C． |
identity |
D． |
standard |
（19）
| A． |
vacation |
B． |
operation |
C． |
affair |
D． |
adventure |
（20）
| A． |
sought |
B． |
counted |
C． |
found |
D． |
reached |
完形填空
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I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an ___ . That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.
It was clearly not my __ . The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even _ because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not _____, to say the least.
The police arrived and began taking statements. I __ that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.
“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,” I said.
“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he __ .
In a slightly ___ tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”
“OK, if that’s _ you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.
I didn’t ___ it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. __ , I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.
The city speed limit is 50km. I ___ getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had _______I was doing 55km.
It suddenly ______me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t ______ about the 5kmph; he had known _____ about the insurance that I had not.
I thought about what had ____ over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the _____ , but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him_ acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.
Sometimes the ____ thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget --- to ____ , you have to be able to listen.
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完形填空
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 senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. One day, they came to a _______ with a strong current. As the monks were ______ to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman. She asked if they could help her ____ to the other side.
The two monks glanced at one another because they had ___ not to have physical contact with women.
Then, without a word, the older monk ____ the woman, carried her across the river, ______ her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey.
The younger monk couldn’t believe ____ had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was _____ , and several hours passed without a word between them.
______, the younger monk couldn’t contain himself any longer, and asked, “As monks, we are not permitted to have body contact with a woman; how could you then ______ that woman?”
The___ monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you____ carrying her?”
This simple Zen story has a beautiful message about living in the ____ moment. How often do we carry around past ______ , holding onto dislikes when the only person we are really ___ is ourselves?
We all ____ times in life when other people say things or ___ in a way that does harm to us. We can __ to think carefully over past actions or events, but it will finally weigh us down and use up our energy.
Instead, we can choose to let go of what doesn’t serve us anymore and __ on the present moment. Until we can find a level of peace and __ in the present circumstances of our lives, we will never be content, because “now” is all we will ever have.
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完形填空
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。
Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his __ . emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that，to make __ . progress，his emotions needed controlling.
One __ I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy’s mom would __ me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then，I would focus on __ his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying __.I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes . I was told that Billy had a _morning at home and I might need to get him .As I was talking to his mom，Billy into the classroom.To Billy’s ，Rocky immediately ran up to his new ，wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day，Billy never left Rocky’s side，feeding him，being gentle with him and even . the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ，but on this day he found a good dog story，“Clifford’s Puppy Days，” and read it to Rocky.How . I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter，gentleness and .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ；he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.
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My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the
piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was .Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to whether I had done perfectly.Then, , the applause (掌声) came.
“Thank you… so much,” I said, to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me.“You’ve been an student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop .”
I leaned forward, I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.
As it , the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the , I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. , it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was inside of me. I was empty inside.
One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.
“Are you taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.
“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.
“That’s a ,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was .”
Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a what to do.I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew what I was doing.
As the music , a familiar feeling rose inside me.
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As a nativ_______Detroit, Michigan Viola Vaughn spent the majority of her life as an active ______. ______with personal disaster, Viola triumphed and developed a non-profit organization, “1,000 girls”, _______education and training for young women of Senegal. She has devoted her life to _______others achieve, encouraging young girls to_______.Her caring qualities are seen in the daily routine of her beautiful life.
Dr Viola M. Vaughn _______from Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York, and after that, she spent her life devoted to health care and education in the United States and Africa.
In the year 2000, Viola faced a mother’s worst fear_______ her 26-year-old daughter died.______with five grandchildren to raise, Viola and her husband, Jazz musician Sam Sanders, moved to Senegal, Africa, hoping to provide their grandchildren______a multicultural education. Tragedy hit again when Viola’s husband of 20 years passed________ and she was left_______. Her determination and spirit kept her moving and she passed the time homeschooling her grandchildren.
The surrounding community noticed Viola and her dedication to teaching her grandchildren. Viola was approached by a neighborhood child who wanted to join in the studies. ____33____,but with her mother’s permission, the young girl began homeschooling with Viola. Soon the number of students ________Viola’s daily classes rose to twenty and 10,000 Girls was born.
10,000 Girls is a non-profit organization with six locations and over 1,500 students. The girls are actively ______in their education. Not only______teach each other, but they have opened a bakery shop. It can help provide educational supplies. Girls who graduate are given scholarship opportunities and continue the cycle of success by returning to help 10,000 Girls continue to ______.
Viola Vaughn has dedicated her life to the greater good of her community and has truly made, and will continue to make, a difference in the lives of young girls who _____ would not have ________a chance. Viola Vaughn is a true ______ of humanity.
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