Thirteen years ago, my brother died. I was in sever sorrow. I remember putting one foot in front of the other—things needed to get done, tasks, completed—but feeling terribly empty inside. Four years later, I has still not gotten a job. My savings had run out.
In 2010, I began to think about rebuilding my life. When I was out walking my dog, Macarena, whom I had bought a year after my brother’s death, I had the feeling that if I could get control over my hair, I could get control over life.
My hair has annoyed me for most of my life. It’s huge, curly and has a life all its own. I have countless hair stories that could easily become horror stories! For example, once my mother took me to get my hair done at a beauty salon and the stylist gave me a cut that looked like a monster!
Now, you see why mastering my hair was so important to me. I watched countless YouTube videos from a community of women who shared hairstyles, which was a do-it-yourself community I was inspired by. As I started to develop a more loving relationship with my hair, I realized my curly hair was teaching me a lot about patience. That shedding (脱落) is an important part of the “letting go” process to make way for the new. Our hair is the only part we can cut off, grow back, color, curl and straighten. The only thing we can change at will is to tell the world who we are.
Now I’m the captain of my ship. But for my hair, I would never have known that.
1.After the author’s brother died, she ________.
A. lost her job and was bathed in tears
B. was very sad and unable to do anything
C. couldn’t recover from the loss of her brother
D. filled her daily life with work to lift up her spirits
2.What did the author think was the key to rebuilding her life?
A. Saving on a tight budget.
B. Getting a dog for company.
C. Acquiring a well-paid job.
D. Fixing the problem of her hair.
3.What can we learn from the author’s experience?
A. Everyone should learn to love himself and care for others.
B. Changing oneself takes patience and is a way to control his life.
C. It is necessary to forget one’s past and live in harmony with nature.
D. Hair shows one’s unique qualities and is a symbol of difficulties in life.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Start from the Head B. Clear up the Mess
C. Make up for the Loss D. Just Do It Yourself
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Thirteen years ago, my brother died. I was in sever sorrow. I remember putting one foot in front of the other—things needed to get done, tasks, completed—but feeling terribly empty inside. Four years later, I has still not gotten a job. My savings had run out.
In 2010, I began to think about rebuilding my life. When I was out walking my dog, Macarena, whom I had bought a year after my brother’s death, I had the feeling that if I could get control over my hair, I could get control over life.
My hair has annoyed me for most of my life. It’s huge, curly and has a life all its own. I have countless hair stories that could easily become horror stories! For example, once my mother took me to get my hair done at a beauty salon and the stylist gave me a cut that looked like a monster!
Now, you see why mastering my hair was so important to me. I watched countless YouTube videos from a community of women who shared hairstyles, which was a do-it-yourself community I was inspired by. As I started to develop a more loving relationship with my hair, I realized my curly hair was teaching me a lot about patience. That shedding (脱落) is an important part of the “letting go” process to make way for the new. Our hair is the only part we can cut off, grow back, color, curl and straighten. The only thing we can change at will is to tell the world who we are.
Now I’m the captain of my ship. But for my hair, I would never have known that.
1.After the author’s brother died, she ________.
A. lost her job and was bathed in tears
B. was very sad and unable to do anything
C. couldn’t recover from the loss of her brother
D. filled her daily life with work to lift up her spirits
2.What did the author think was the key to rebuilding her life?
A. Saving on a tight budget.
B. Getting a dog for company.
C. Acquiring a well-paid job.
D. Fixing the problem of her hair.
3.What can we learn from the author’s experience?
A. Everyone should learn to love himself and care for others.
B. Changing oneself takes patience and is a way to control his life.
C. It is necessary to forget one’s past and live in harmony with nature.
D. Hair shows one’s unique qualities and is a symbol of difficulties in life.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. Start from the Head B. Clear up the Mess
C. Make up for the Loss D. Just Do It Yourself
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My brother,Mark,died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and 36 looked after me. I am 37 today for all of the special times we had as running partners,and times 38 driving to different races,where we had so many 39 about life in general. I 40 these talks terribly at this time of the year.
41,I am so happy he shared with me the 42 of his faith. He was always so 43 to people,and I had been with him many times 44we pulled over to help someone in need,45 a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not 46 when he told me of the time when he was 47 in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse,it was Friday and he had no 48 in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to 49 my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others 50 helping yourself.
On his way home from classes that day,as he was driving along,he noticed a guy ahead of him 51 his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark 52 right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and 53 his hand to Mark,and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his 54. He told him that was unnecessary but the man 55 and off he drove.
I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.
1. A.hardly B.never C.sometimes D.always
2. A.successful B.thankful C.cheerful D.hopeful
3. A.spared B.wasted C.spent D.saved
4. A.questions B.arguments C.differences D.conversations
5. A.miss B.remember C.keep D.fear
6. A.However B.So C.Then D.If
7. A.record B.belief C.story D.secret
8. A.careful B.helpful C.powerful D.grateful
9. A.because B.while C.until D.when
10. A.sharing B.forcing C.recognizing D.understanding
11. A.pleased B.worried C.surprised D.excited
12. A.never B.yet C.even D.still
13. A.food B.money C.paper D.key
14. A.change B.attend C.see D.persuade
15. A.means B.follows C.explains D.agrees
16. A.carry B.lose C.arrange D.place
17. A.pushed B.moved C.pulled D.walked
18. A.raised B.held C.offered D.shook
19. A.eyes B.ears C.mind D.feeling
20. A.complained B.apologized C.regretted D.insisted
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After my brother died in an accident,my mother was very sad.I was only 4 years old at the time,but I still understood the in my mom’s attitude toward safety. ,everything around us was potentially .
I grew up with a lot of and rules that were meant to me.For example,I was not to walk home from school by myself,even though everyone I knew already did.I couldn’t evening parties or go to summer camp, what if something happened to me?
As I got older,the list of things to got longer.I became a natural .I was concerned about things like getting cancer,losing my wallet,being caught in car accidents and earthquakes — big and small,real and .The funny part is that you’d never know it by looking at my life,because I’m constantly myself to do the things that frighten or worry me.In fact,I’ve developed a for myself: If it scares me,then I have to do it once.I’ve done lots of things that would have my mom: I’ve ridden a motorcycle,I’ve traveled alone,and I’ve performed stand-up comedy.
Courage isn’t a natural attribute(品质)of human beings.I believe that we have to practice being courageous.The more I do things that scare me or that make me ,the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do.
Even though I inherited(经遗传获得)my mother’s cautious ,I’ve also come to believe that fear can be a good thing,if we it.Believing that has made my world a less scary place.
1.A.hint B.change C.scene D.lesson
2.A.Slowly B.Logically C.Fortunately D.Suddenly
3.A.important B.inspiring C.convenient D.dangerous
4.A.restrictions B.considerations C.judgments D.comparisons
5.A.limit B.help C.protect D.train
6.A.allowed B.encouraged C.reminded D.advised
7.A.arrange B.attend C.decorate D.support
8.A.but B.though C.or D.because
9.A.hope B.fear C.count D.bear
10.A.worrier B.dreamer C.adult D.thinker
11.A.ideas B.affairs C.actions D.disasters
12.A.special B.common C.imaginary D.practical
13.A.expecting B.warning C.forcing D.promising
14.A.rule B.form C.case D.hobby
15.A.in all B.at most C.after all D.at least
16.A.threatened B.shocked C.confused D.entertained
17.A.rarely B.quickly C.often D.fairly
18.A.confident B.uncomfortable C.happy D.generous
19.A.nature B.duty C.work D.task
20.A.know B.get C.avoid D.face
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My first football ________1.________ ( compete) was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We ________2.________ (win) second place. ________3.________(personal), I think the team that got first place cheated, because they had developed a new type of program just ________4.________the match began. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are ________5.________ (determine) to create an even ________6.________ (good) system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all ________7.________ possible moves she has seen while ________8.________ (watch) human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I would really like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, ________9.________the help of my electronic brain that never forgets anything, using my intelligence is ________10.________ I’m all about!
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Several years ago, my company experienced a slowdown in business. We hoped that it was only ______. We had work enough for only four days of the week. So we decided that we would ______ from Monday through Thursday, and take Fridays to do ______ projects in our hometown.
One day, we went to a very old gentleman’s______ to do a total cleanup. When we arrived, an elderly woman______ us at the door. We thought she was the wife, but it turned out she was the ______. She was 75, and her father 97! Soon, we began to ______ the house and the yard. It was _____ how much work a group could get done when everyone was working ______. That gentleman’s house went from dirt to a sparkling clean palace by the time we ______ .
The thing I most remember about that day, ______ , was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something ______. When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that ______ the walls. The daughter told us that her father had _____ them, and that he hadn’t ______art until he was 80 years old. I was ______ : these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum. At the time, I was in my early 30s and wanted to do something that would _____ my creative and artistic competence more than being president of a company would _____ . I had felt that it was too_____ to make a change at this “advanced” stage of my life. Boy! My _____ belief system got expanded that afternoon!
1.A. temporary B. easy C. proper D. impossible
2.A. rest B. play C. start D. work
3.A. research B. service C. design D. class
4.A. company B. house C. office D. room
5.A. showed B. helped C. invited D. greeted
6.A. colleague B. wife C. daughter D. partner
7.A. sell B. buy C. clean D. tour
8.A. amazing B. amusing C. boring D. tiring
9.A. individually B. together C. alone D. equally
10.A. finished B. washed C. started D. arrived
11.A. however B. therefore C. instead D. moreover
12.A. similar B. familiar C. different D. absurd
13.A. built B. faced C. made D. decorated
14.A. colored B. painted C. observed D. purchased
15.A. appealed to B. given up C. kept to D. taken up
16.A. disappointed B. embarrassed C. shocked D. satisfied
17.A. use B. lack C. add D. provide
18.A. continue B. allow C. fail D. process
19.A. active B. simple C. difficult D. strange
20.A. open B. social C. new D. limited
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My grandfather died more than twenty-five years ago. I was fifteen. He was kind, strong, fair, and very funny. When I was a young musician, he was my biggest fan. I played my violin for him when he visited, and he loved everything, but each time he had one request. “Could you play ‘Amazing Grace’?” he asked, full of hope and with a twinkle in his eye, because he knew my answer was always, “I don’t know that one!” We went through this routine at every major holiday, and I always figured I’d have time to learn it for him later.
About the time I entered high school and started guitar, Grandpa got cancer. The last time I saw him alive was Thanksgiving weekend in 1985. My mom warned us that Grandpa didn’t look the same anymore and that we should prepare ourselves. For a moment I didn’t recognize him. He looked so small among all the white sheets. We had all gathered in Ohio for the holiday, and I’m sure we all knew we were there to say good-bye. I can see now that Grandpa held on long enough to see us each one more time. I remember how we ate in the dining room and laughed and talked while Grandpa rested in his hospital bed. I wonder if it was sad for him to be alone with our voices and laughter. Knowing Grandpa, he was probably content.
The next morning I found my moment alone with him. I pulled out my guitar, tuned to his appreciative gaze, and finally played for him “Amazing Grace.” I had worked on it for weeks, knowing it never mattered whether I actually played it well and choosing not to believe as I played that it was my last concert for my biggest fan. The cancer had stolen his smile, but I saw joy in his eyes. He held my hand afterward, and I knew I had done something important.
I argued with people all through college about my music major. I was told by strangers that music wouldn’t make me any money and it wasn’t useful like being a doctor. But I know firsthand that with music I was able to give my grandpa something at a point when no one else could.
1.At first the author didn’t play ‘Amazing Grace’ for Grandpa because _________.
A she hadn’t learned it yet
B. she found it difficult to play
C. she disliked playing it.
D. her grandfather was just joking.
2.From the last sentence in Paragraph 2 we can infer that ____________.
A. Grandpa treasured love from family
B. Grandpa was used to living alone
C. Grandpa was too weak to feel anything
D. Grandpa was optimistic about his health
3.When the author finally played “Amazing Grace” for Grandpa, ____________.
A. she made him smile joyfully
B. she knew she must play it well
C. she brought him love and comfort
D. she believed she could play it many times for him.
4.What is the author’s attitude toward her music major?
A. Disapproving B. Regretful
C. Doubtful D. Positive
5.Which of the following was true according to the passage?
A. The author was 15 when she wrote the article.
B. The author has a great affection for her grandfather.
C. The author prefers to be a doctor rather than a musician.
D. The author is confident that music will make her much money.
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It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child's bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. After a while the whistle blew. It was like throwing a basket of chum into a tank of sharks. I told my wife that if we obtained a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.
As the boxes of bikes began to gradually decrease, I saw my opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of them. I lifted it off and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up to see one of the largest men I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not enough to describe his presence. He was decorated with numerous leather belts with metal buttons around both arms and even his neck. Tattoos (纹身) were an obvious passion of his.
I started to loosen the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.”
My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a human heart in a simple act of a stranger broke all preconceived notions (先入为主) I may have had. I will never forget it.
1.What does the underlined word “chum” mean in Paragraph1?
A.Gifts. B.Food.
C.Goods. D.Souvenirs.
2.Why did the author loosen the box when seeing the man?
A.The author didn't want to buy it. B.The man needed it more.
C.The author was frightened by the man. D.The man got the box first.
3.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.The Best Christmas Gift. B.The Largest Man I Have Ever Seen.
C.An Unforgettable Bike. D.A Shopping Experience.
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My life suffered a lot in summer five years ago. My father died in a car accident,leaving my mother,my two younger brothers and I alone. At that time,I was a senior high school student. After my father’s funeral,I had no choice but to drop out of school and work in a factory.
I really wanted to return to school and wanted to go to college,but I couldn’t. I only hoped to bring up my two young brothers. Life was not easy for me,for I can’t afford their tuition even if I worked from day to night without stopping. Without my father’s protection,I thought I was a slave to the fate.
Later on,something changed my life. I still remember that it was a rainy day. I put myself in the rain and walked slowly in the street.
Suddenly the rain stopped!I raised my head and found “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I noticed a middleaged man with one leg on crutch(拐杖) standing behind me. He said to me,“Why not run without an umbrella?If you didn’t run,you would get drenched.”
The man told me that he was a promoter. He once dreamed of being a policeman,but an accident ruined his dream. Though his present job was not suitable for his legs,it was a wonderful start to him. He was very happy that he didn’t lose heart and still “ran” on the road of life...
I was encouraged by the man’s words. I went to a big city and became an assurance representative. After two years’ running,I did well and my family condition turned better little by little. Later I returned to school and succeeded in my entrance to university.
Life is like this. When you are in rainy days in your life,if you couldn’t find a way to prevent you from being wet,you would be overwhelmed. But if you decide to get rid of it,you’ll discover that the rainy days last not so long as you imagine.
1.What happened to the writer at the beginning of the story?
A.His father died in a car accident six years ago.
B.He had to drop out of school to look after his sick mother.
C.He couldn’t afford his two brothers’ tuition even if he worked from day to night.
D.He didn’t have money to hold the funeral for his father.
2.About the middleaged man with one leg on crutch,which of the following is NOT true?
A.He had dreamt of being a policeman.
B.He was a promoter.
C.He lost one leg in an accident.
D.He had a good job which was suitable for him very well.
3.What does the underlined word “drenched” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?
A.湿透的 B.干燥的
C.紧张的 D.舒服的
4.What’s the main idea of the sixth paragraph?
A.The writer didn’t want to listen to the middleaged man and left without any word.
B.The writer made friends with the middleaged man and they got on well with each other.
C.The writer had to give up his dream and became a promoter as the middleaged man.
D.The writer learned from the middleaged man and the situation soon got better.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Run out of the Rainy Season of Your Life
B.Care for the Disabled Person
C.Try to Be Independent
D.Get to Know More about Middleaged People
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“When my husband died five years ago,__________ was difficult to go from ‘we' to ‘me',”said Joe Kita to us.
A.I B.that C.it D.which
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My family suffered a lot three years ago when my father died in a car accident. It my mother, two younger brothers and me alone.
At that time, I was in a senior high school. As the eldest son, I had no choice but to of school and work in a factory. Life went on without any wonder. I dared not ask for more and just thought about my two brothers. However, it wasn’t easy, for I couldn’t their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to nigh t without rest. I also had to look after my sick mother. I wanted to go back to school, but it seemed to be an impractical idea, since I needed to work to support my family.
A thread of appeared during those gloomy (阴暗的)days. It was a rainy dusk when I went outside into the rain and walked in the street. Suddenly the rain stopped! I raised my head, and found that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I heard a deep voice say, “Why not without an umbrella?” It was a one-legged man, “If you run, you won’t get so wet.” His words me deeply. Without my father’s protection, was I only a slave to fate﹙命运﹚?
While walking with him in the rain, I knew that his dream was once by an accident. He was glad that he didn’t lose and still “ran” on the road of life. Facing this guy, I had no pity, but admiration.
Inspired by his , I went to a city in the south and became an insurance representative. After two years’ “running”, I got somewhere and my family situation became better . I went back to school and eventually succeeded in being admitted to a university.
Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! When you run out of the season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you.
1.A. left B. carried C. had D. forced
2.A. take out B. drop out C. make out D. jump out
3.A. bringing in B. taking away C. bringing up D. taking over
4.A. receive B. realize C. manage D. afford
5.A. chance B. need C. hope D. money
6.A. drive B. walk C. travel D. run
7.A. shocked B. puzzled C. discouraged D. hurt
8.A. burnt B. accepted C. ruined D. discovered
9.A. face B. heart C. sight D. control
10.A. images B. achievements C. signs D. remarks
11.A. simply B. gradually C. normally D. immediately
12.A. rainy B. cloudy C. sunny D. windy
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