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Fifty years ago I married my soldier sweetheart．Six weeks later, he left to fight in Korea．While he was away for that first year of our marriage, I stayed with my mum and worked hard to keep our savings for our first home．After John returned, we  found a home and applied for a War Service Home Loan, which at that time took about six months to come through.

The builder of our home lived in the same street as our house and he allowed us to move in and pay rent until our loan came through．The rent was one pound and ten shillings per week, which we thought fair．As we got to know our neighbors, several told us to watch our landlord as he was “sharp” and may cheat us in some way．We always replied that he had given us no cause for complaint.

The loan money came through shortly before Christmas．We were not well-off but we were happy to have our own home．One night, two weeks before Christmas, there was a knock at our door．It was our landlord and his wife．We invited them in and our landlord said, “As you know, your loan has come through and you do not have to pay me rent any more．I did not set that rent, the estate agent（房产代理商）did, and I thought it was a bit high．Every time you paid me I put ten shillings away in a box．It came to 11 pounds.

We were surprised and delighted．To us, it was a small fortune just in time for Christmas．We were able to buy gifts for our entire family．It was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for us and we decided that we would never judge anyone on hearsay.

1.Why did the couple apply for a War Service Home Loan?

A．To get married                                     B．To rent a house

C．To buy a house                     D．To keep savings

2.When a few neighbors talked about their landlord, the couple __________.

A．believed that he was sharp             B．made a fair remark about him

C．seldom complained about him        D．said nothing about him

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the rent？

A．The couple thought the rent was a bit high．

B．The landlord charged high rent by cheating．

C．Some of the neighbors were charged too much on the rent．

D．The estate agent set the rent which might be a bit high．

4.Why did the landlord and his wife call on the couple one night？

A．They wanted to give loan money to the couple．

B．They tried to cheat the couple for more money．

C．They wanted to give back part of the rent the couple had paid．

D．They tried to give the couple a box as a Christmas gift．

5.The purpose of the passage is to show that __________.

A．we should not judge a person on hearsay

B．it was not easy for the couple to have a house of their own

C．the landlord was kind to the couple but not to the neighbors

D．the couple had an unexpected fortune before Christmas

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About six years ago I started having panic attacks (恐慌症). I began my journey to____ them with traditional tools, all of which were a great help. ______, a year later treatment was no longer needed.

Frustratingly, about a year after that, I started to develop_____and began to have panic at once again. I tried what I knew best and went back to my previous____, but I was still ___and far from feeling well again ___ I got some new advice.

I loved to sing when I was young. My childhood had been____with creativity, yet for most of my adult life it was ____ . A therapist told me that mental health issues are common among the____regain it, I decided to get back into ____. Then I joined a group called Sound, a pop choir. Much better. I found the____to audition (试音). I was amazed that I managed to ___ such a risky situation and not have a panic attack. The audition itself was a___for me, never mind how I did.

I have now been a ___of the choir for three years. I love the community and the performances. It ___me of who I was at school. My path back then was always “do what you love”. My entire____was filled with fond memories because of that, and I was starting to build that back into my ____life.

Now, I am feeling a lot better. When I am ______, distraction (分散注意力) is key and singing does ___. It sends me into a state in which my body works with pure passion and joy. More importantly, I will have exercised my creativity and ___my anxiety.

1.A.ignore B.solve C.interpret D.stress

2.A.Casually B.Ridiculously C.Controversially D.Thankfully

3.A.passion B.depression C.adaptation D.relation

4.A.tutors B.conditions C.values D.tools

5.A.doubting B.hesitating C.struggling D.improving

6.A.though B.until C.since D.after

7.A.charged B.burdened C.mixed D.filled

8.A.neglected B.maintained C.sharpened D.exploited

9.A.open B.absent C.creative D.narrow

10.A.painting B.acting C.reading D.singing

11.A.turn B.pressure C.courage D.privilege

12.A.set off B.get through C.shrink from D.figure out

13.A.win B.failure C.pain D.barrier

14.A.sponsor B.director C.trainer D.member

15.A.suspects B.reminds C.cures D.warns

16.A.education B.competition C.career D.existence

17.A.holiday B.school C.adult D.adolescent

18.A.absorbed B.thrilled C.ambitious D.anxious

19.A.last B.help C.exist D.fade

20.A.relieved B.shared C.felt D.cause

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Many years ago，I drove my seven-six-old daughter to school in our car．This ___day，we passed by many ___people who were begging．She asked why the same people were ___help every day and why no one was ___．

I really didn't have a（n） ___answer to this question．So I decided to ask her how she thought she could help．

My little girl always had ___ideas flowing out of her which I couldn't keep ___．The next day on the morning ___to school，my daughter asked me to stop at each ___where a homeless person stood．I asked why，but was quickly ___to wait and see．

I ___my window and asked the gentleman to ___．My daughter handed him 50 cents ___told him she would see him every morning．This went on for three blocks．I asked her where all of the money came ___and she immediately informed me that her class -mates took up a ___of coins and love for her to pass on to the“ people on the corner”.

Every school day for two more wonderful years we stopped and ___coins or a good morning wish to the “people on the corner”．She could always get everyone to ___ even if just for a quick second．

Times have changed，and many people ___of giving money to homeless people on the corner but everyone deserve to be ___，so my “people on the corner” get a "good morning and a smile" every day．I get the same ___--every day．

1.A. particular　　 B. curious　　 C. anxious　　 D. enthusiastic

2.A. hopeless　　 B. aimless　　 C. homeless　　 D. friendless

3.A. apologizing for　　 B. standing for　　 C. working for　　 D. asking for

4.A. helping　　 B. sparing　　 C. observing　　 D. paying

5.A. difficult　　 B. easy　　 C. possible　　 D. abstract

6.A. such many　　 B. such much　　 C. so many　　 D. so much

7.A. out of　　 B. away from　　 C. in touch　　 D. up with

8.A. breakfast　　 B. trip　　 C. sun　　 D. rain

9.A. house　　 B. corner　　 C. highway　　 D. garage

10.A. identified　　 B. confirmed　　 C. informed　　 D. proved

11.A. rolled down　　 B. put down　　 C. broken down　　 D. cut down

12.A. fall over　　 B. go over　　 C. turn over　　 D. come over

13.A. but　　 B. so　　 C. or　　 D. and

14.A. out　　 B. from　　 C. down　　 D. about

15.A. collection　　 B. fund　　 C. action　　 D. account

16.A. awarded　　 B. rewarded　　 C. afforded　　 D. offered

17.A. laugh　　 B. cry　　 C. smile　　 D. sob

18.A. dislike　　 B. support　　 C. disapprove　　 D. agree

19.A. permitted　　 B. acknowledged　　 C. abandoned　　 D. embarrassed

20.A. in return　　 B. by turns　　 C. in case　　 D. by accident

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Many years ago, I drove my seven-six-old daughter to school in our car. This _______day, we passed by many_______people who were begging. She asked why the same people were_______help every day and why no one was_______.

I really didn’t have a(n)_______answer to this question. So I decided to ask her how she thought she could help.

My little girl always had _______ideas flowing out of her which I couldn’t keep_______. The next day on the morning _______to school, my daughter asked me to stop at each_______where a homeless person stood. I asked why, but was quickly________to wait and see.

I ________my window and asked the gentleman to________. My daughter handed him 50 cents ________told him she would see him every morning. This went on for three blocks. I asked her where all of the money came________and she immediately informed me that her classmates took up a ________of coins and love for her to pass on to the “people on the corner.”

Every school day for two more wonderful years we stopped and ________ coins or a good morning wish to the “people on the corner”. She could always get everyone to ________ even if just for a quick second.

Times have changed, and many people________of giving money to homeless people on the corner but everyone deserve to be________, so my “people on the corner” get a “good morning and a smile” every day. I get the same________ every day.

1.A. particular　　 B. curious　　 C. anxious　　 D. enthusiastic

2.A. hopeless　　 B. aimless　　 C. homeless　　 D. friendless

3.A. apologizing for　　 B. standing for　　 C. working for　　 D. asking for

4.A. helping　　 B. sparing　　 C. observing　　 D. paying

5.A. difficult　　 B. easy　　 C. possible　　 D. abstract

6.A. such many　　 B. such much　　 C. so many　　 D. so much

7.A. out of　　 B. away from　　 C. in touch　　 D. up with

8.A. breakfast　　 B. trip　　 C. sun　　 D. rain

9.A. house　　 B. corner　　 C. highway　　 D. garage

10.A. identified　　 B. confirmed　　 C. informed　　 D. proved

11.A. rolled down　　 B. put down　　 C. broken down　　 D. cut down

12.A. fall over　　 B. go over　　 C. turn over　　 D. come over

13.A. but　　 B. so　　 C. or　　 D. and

14.A. out　　 B. from　　 C. down　　 D. about

15.A. collection　　 B. fund　　 C. action　　 D. account

16.A. awarded　　 B. rewarded　　 C. afforded　　 D. offered

17.A. laugh　　 B. cry　　 C. smile　　 D. sob

18.A. dislike　　 B. support　　 C. disapprove　　 D. agree

19.A. permitted　　 B. acknowledged　　 C. abandoned　　 D. embarrassed

20.A. in return　　 B. by turns　　 C. in case　　 D. by accident

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My six-year-old came home from school this week with two envelopes. One was for a donation to help people in the Philippines. The other was to help hungry families have a Thanksgiving meal.

“I’ll put a check in each of these. Then you can add your own money from your piggy bank, okay?” I said, thinking he’d be so excited to put his own stamp on things.

“That’s okay, mom. You put money in. I don’t want to waste mine,” he sweetly sang as he colored. “I want to fill my bank all the way up.”

Ack! I guess I know what our dinnertime discussion will be about tonight, I thought.

I had figured that through watching his parents donate items, helping us take toys from time to time to needy kids and putting money in the basket at church, he would just understand why it was important to help people in need — and even want to do it himself.

But of course he doesn’t really understand yet. “There’s a big disconnect between the people ‘over there’ and my piggy bank,” said parenting educator Vicki Hoefle.

“There’s nothing wrong with the child. There’s just no connection.”

As for having that conversation immediately, or forcing my son to put money into the envelopes: “Try not to do it now,” Hoefle said. Teaching a child about donating their own money or toys or time to people in need “should be a gentle introduction into what we hope will be a way of life for our kids.”

She suggested these things to help children understand the importance of giving:

* Just talk about it. Then explore the issue from a perspective he can understand.

* Use the course of a year to introduce kids to opportunities. That way, they won’t be shocked when you ask them to stuff their own money into an envelope （like this writer just did）.

* Pick a family charity for the year and have a conversation about how you all can help throughout the year.

* Think of this not as something you must teach, but as something to expose them to.

At her house, Hoefle said, “When you got something new, you gave something up.” Each birthday, her children would pick what toys they had outgrown and give them away. “There was a comfort in it. It just became a natural part of the kids’ lives.”

So I will fill those envelopes alone this time. But I’ll make sure he understands why they should be filled—gradually.

1.When the writer asked her son to give money to help the poor, he __________.

A. declined to donate

B. sang a sweet song

C. put all his money in a bank

D. seemed very surprised

2.Hoefle’s attitude towards children’s unwillingness to donate money can be best described as “_______”.

A. critical            B. tolerant            C. positive            D. worried

3.Which of the following is Hoefle’s approach to educating kids about charity?

A. Giving courses about charity.

B. Setting a rule for children to give.

C. Inviting a lot of poor people home.

D. Giving children enough real life chances.

4.What can we learn about the writer from the passage?

A. She often makes donations for people in need.

B. She taught her son a lesson over dinner that evening.

C. She is at a loss as for what she should do next.

D. She invited a parenting educator home for advice.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Kids, please help those in need.

B. Why are kids unwilling to donate?

C. Kindness is lost in the young generation.

D. How can we help kids learn generosity?

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I'm feeling sad．My 19-year-old∞nleft home about a week ago to 36the Air Force, and my 23-year-old daughter left two days ago to marry in another state．I'm so 37of my son as he had to really work hard to get into the Air Force, and my daughter moved to be with her fiance（未婚夫）．I'm just simply upset．It38feels like someone has ripped my heart from my chest．I’ve tried to talk to their father, friends, and family but it just feels like no one around me 39what I'm going through．

My children were40to me．I put all my energy into41both of them and doing all types of activities with them, even sometimes at the 42of my own best interests．I understand they grow up and need their _43,but for some reason I just can't seem to let go．I am go _ 44that they're establishing their own lives, 45I get so depressed whenever I have even a simple _46of them．I've been crying for over a week now．I really don't know what to do to make this 47go away．I can't even walk by either one's room without bursting into tears．I don't understand why I'm unable to _48this sense of great loss．I'm 49that I need to move on with my own life and find _50things to devote my attention to, but I _51 being a mom and spending time on my children．I've 52 adopting a child but it's _53atthe moment for me considering my poor health．

I'm just thankful to have found this website and found there are others who are54similar problems．It helps to 55I'm not crazy or overreacting．Thank you for sharing your problems and showing others like myself this isn’t so abnormal．

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A couple of weeks ago,my 12-year-old daughter Ella,threatened to take my phone and break it."At night you'll always have your phone out and you'll just type,"Ella says,"I'm ready to go to bed,and try to get you to read stories for me and you're just standing there reading your texts and texting other people,"she adds.I came to realize that I was ignoring her as a father.

Ella isn't the only kid who feels this way about her parent's relationship with devices.Catherine Steiner-Adair,a psychologist at Harvard,wrote The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age.For her book,Steiner-Adair interviewed more than 1,000 kids from the ages of 4 to 18.She talked to hundreds of teachers and parents.

"One of the many things that knocked my socks off,"she says,"was the consistency（一致性）with which children—whether they were 4 or 8 or 18—talked about feeling exhausted and frustrated or mad trying to get their parents’ attention,competing with computer screens or iPhone screens or any kind of technology."

A couple of years ago,my daughter got a laptop for school.And because she was becoming more independent, we got her a phone.We set up rules for when she could use the device and when she'd need to put it away.We created a charging station,outside her bedroom,where she had to plug in these devices every night.Basically,except for homework,she has to put it all away when she comes home.

Steiner-Adair says most adults don't set up similar limits in their own lives."We've lost the boundaries that protect work and family life,"she says."So it is very hard to manage yourself and be present in the moments your children need you."

After my daughter's little intervention（介入）,I made myself a promise to create my own charging station.To plug my phone in—somewhere far away—when I am done working for the day.I've been trying to leave it there untouched for most of the weekend.

1.Why did Ella threaten to break her father's phone?

A. Her father spent a lot of money on his phone.

B. Her father did not do any housework at home.

C. Her father made a lot of noise by talking on the phone.

D. Her father gave his attention to his phone instead of her.

2.The underlined phrase "knocked my socks off" is closest in meaning to “_____”.

A. made fun of me

B. surprised me a lot

C. took my socks off

D. made me exhausted

3.In Steiner-Adair's opinion,parents______.

A. should control their use of phones

B. have a lot of things to learn from kids

C. don't have to focus more on their kids

D. should not buy phones for their kids

4.We can infer from the text that the writer______.

A. will not use his phone from now on

B. plans to create more charging stations at home

C. is a man who learns from his mistakes

D. doesn't think a laptop is helpful to his daughter

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A few weeks ago, I picked up my 14-year-old daughter and her friend from dance class. The two girls chatted happily until I reached her friend’s house. And then 1 began the drive home and my daughter, who had been talking nonstop a minute before, went completely silent. I assumed she was lost in thought.

When I came to a stoplight, I looked in the mirror. My daughter wasn’t looking out of the window or staring into space - she was on her phone. I felt my anger rise.

“Get off your phone. That is rude. You make me feel like an Uber driver.” I shouted.

“But I’m texting friends about biology homework!’’ she said.

“That can wait.” I was mad and she was angry.

Back home, she disappeared into her room, and I thought about how I was still trying to take control of my daughter’s growing independence, which was fruitless.

The next day I was thinking about my outburst when a parenting program on TV caught my eye, in which the hosts interviewed Dr. Ken Ginsburg, the author of a famous parenting book. It completely changed my attitude.

Ginsburg said. “Why are our teens pushing us away? It’s not because they hate us - it’s because they love us so much and yet they know they have to become independent. So this is a process of figuring out how to push away the things they love the most. It is crazy to fly from a comfortable nest, so teens get ready for it by temporarily pushing their parents away.”

I need to honor her independence and create space for both of us to face this monumental developmental challenge as teammates, not adversaries((对手).

1.What made the writer mad?

A.She served as an Uber driver.

B.The two girls were chatting happily.

C.Her daughter was playing with the phone.

D.Her daughter forgot her biology homework.

2.What do we know about the daughter?

A.She is being under her mother’s control.

B.She is on the way to being independent.

C.She enjoys making friends using social media.

D.She hates making conversation with her mom.

3.Which of the following best describes the mother?

A.Open-minded. B.Hardworking.

C.Inspiring. D.weak-willed.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A.I was pushed away by my teenaged daughter.

B.Life of a teenager is moving at its own slow pace.

C.Parents completely rely on parenting experts to educate children.

D.My relationship with my daughter was improved by a suggestion.

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About a week ago, my 4­year­old cousin and I were playing basketball at our local park. The__31__was warm, and many other children were outside__32__. As we played, I noticed a small group of boys__33__a smaller, skinnier, and possibly younger boy. They were calling him names and__34__pushed him to the ground and__35__dirt in his face. When I saw that, I grabbed my__36__by the hand and walked over to the__37__.

I stepped__38__them and the younger boy, and asked them__39__what this boy had done deserved__40__they were doing to him. They all__41__silently for a moment, and then the most amazing thing __42__：one of the boys who hadn't said anything since I__43__stepped around the younger boy and helped him off the__44__and then apologized. He offered to let him play with them，__45__the boy quietly said “thank you” and refused, and then left there.

As I looked around, I__46__that there were dozens of other people at the park—some of them were__47__with children of their own—but no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt__48__that the one of the boys was brave enough to stand up against his friends to help someone__49__， but I felt sad that no one else had even taken a second__50__. I couldn't help but think that those parents at the park would want someone to help their child in that situation, and yet they did nothing but stood by.

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It started four years ago. My wife would see a ______ man near where she worked. It was the week before Christmas and she said she wanted to purchase a new coat for him because his coat was ______. We don’t have a lot of ______. We are really a step away from being homeless in rags most months but we try to ______ when we can.

We talked and found a way to get some money together to ______ him a coat. I ______ that since we were giving a coat to him, we should look at what else he might ______. We decided to fill a ______ with some useful ______ things—a toothbrush, soap, clothes, a hat, gloves and some food. A small gift and Christmas card was put in it as well.

We haven’t had money to exchange ______ for birthdays or Christmas for many years, too. It feels wonderful to have someone ______ you at Christmas but I’ve always been a little ________ when friends ask “What did you get for Christmas?” It always makes my wife feel bad that she can’t ______ to give me anything and I feel the same. So I would ______ and say she bought me this thing or that. But that year we could say we ______ something to others instead and that’s ________ what happened.

People asked and we said what we did. They also wanted to help the following ______ and we made ten more backpacks the following Christmas, and this year we really ______ the gifts.

I still can’t afford to buy my wife some gifts to _______on Christmas day, but the ________ we feel makes up for it ten times!

1.A. sick B. generous C. homeless D. energetic

2.A. loose B. shabby C. large D. tight

3.A. money B. power C. time D. trouble

4.A. recover B. bargain C. escape D. help

5.A. buy B. make C. show D. lend

6.A. commanded B. insisted C. regretted D. warned

7.A. ignore B. store C. dislike D. need

8.A. backpack B. room C. suitcase D. car

9.A. left B. external C. daily D. cheap

10.A. principles B. gifts C. opinions D. congratulations

11.A. think of B. turn to C. rely on D. stand for

12.A. pleased B. contradictory C. embarrassed D. content

13.A. expect B. reject C. wait D. afford

14.A. admit B. lie C. debate D. disagree

15.A. compared B. exposed C. presented D. sold

16.A. briefly B. hardly C. finally D. exactly

17.A. year B. month C. day D. season

18.A. removed B. replaced C. added D. decorated

19.A. wear B. open C. eat D. judge

20.A. peace B. sorrow C. attitude D. joy

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