A boy lost his arms in an accident. He had to____ the arms of his younger brother. ______ writing with his toes, he was completely ___ to do anything in his life. But when the two brothers both grew up, his younger brother wanted to ___ from him, living his own life. ____ he was heart-broken and didn’t know what to do.

A __ disaster befell (降临) a girl, too. One night her mother who suffered from mental illness ___. So her father went out looking for her mother, ____ her alone at home. She tried to ____ meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light(煤油灯)on the stove, resulting in a ___ which took her hands away. Though her elder sister showed her willingness to take care of her, she decided to be completely ____. At school, she always studied hard. Once she wrote the following in her composition, “I am ____. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. I am lucky. Though my wings are ____ , my heart can still fly.”

One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a ___ interview program. The boy told the TV host about his ____ future at being left on his own. However, the girl was full of ___ for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their ___. The boy wrote “My younger brother’s arms are my arms” ____ the girl wrote “Broken wings, flying heart”.

It is true that disasters can ____ at any time. But if we decided to be ____ , the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1.A.depend onB.live onC.go onD.keep on

2.A.Except thatB.Except forC.In addition toD.Besides

3.A.unlikelyB.unwillingC.unableD.unfit

4.A.divideB.SeparateC.flyD.run

5.A.And B.But C.So D.As

6.A.dangerousB.TerribleC.suddenD.Similar

7.A.lostB.LeftC.movedD.Disappeared

8.A.leavingB.KeepingC.havingD.Letting

9.A.heatB.OrderC.prepareD.Buy

10.A.troubleB.FireC.disabilityD.Flame

11.A.independenceB.self-educatedC.confidentD.Brave

12.A.miserableB.GreatC.unluckyD.Lucky

13.A.injuredB.WeakC.brokenD.Wounded

14.A.radioB.television C.magazineD.Newspaper

15.A.ordinaryB.DifficultC.uncertainD.Poor

16.A.prideB.arrangementC.imaginationD.Hope

17.A.toesB.HandsC.mouthsD.Fingers

18.A.whenB.SinceC.whileD.Although

19.A.arriveB.AppearC.strikeD.Begin

20.A.honestB.FriendlyC.cheerfulD.Strong

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Trust has been considered as the basis of any relationship, including friendship. No relationship can last long with a lack of trust. Not many of your friends will have real faith in you as you would like to believe. ___1.__ Sometimes, it takes years, even a complete lifetime, to trust someone. However, how do we know if our friends have faith in us?

_2.___ With whom will you share things that you don’t want everyone to know? It would be with a close friend, whom you trust as much as you trust yourself. While a few of your friends may be fiercely protective of their privacy and may not tell their secrets to anyone, whose who do, surely find you trustworthy and reliable.

Whom do you look up to for advice when you need it the most? It has to be either your parents or your friends. ___3.___ This is a shining example of trust. You only seek advice from people you hold in high regard and find dependable. The friends who trust you will never forget to include you in the important decisions of their life.

Arguments and heated discussions are a part of every relationship, and this is also true for friendship. ___4.___ While some people find it difficult to forgive and forget, your friends will never have problems moving on. It is because they trust you and believe that you will never cause any pain to them on purpose.

There are times in life when you find yourself a lonely soldier. ___5._ Your friends will never let you down and will strongly stand by you when you need encouragement. You can determine that they trust you and believe in your beliefs, if they side with you when you need the most.

A. People can be extraordinarily jealous sometimes.

B. You know they will never pass on wrong suggestion.

C. In fact, winning trust is, by far, the most challenging aspect of relationships.

D. Two people cannot have identical reactions to a situation and different opinions do exist.

E. No matter how close you are to your friends, you cannot take that comfort level for granted.

F. If your friends share their secrets, there’s a good possibility that they have much faith in you.

G. However, people who are fortunate to have been blessed with true friends are never alone in any battle.

Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? Well, if you’re a dog-owner, you may have a point. Dogs are able to watch people’s interactions with one another to determine who holds yummier treats, according to a new study. This study joins others that show dogs are good observers of human behaviors and feelings. It offers evidence that dogs use information not only from people’s direct interactions with them, but also their interactions with one another.

In the study, dogs watched a man ask two women for some of their corns. Both women gave the man corns when he asked, but in response to one woman, the man showed his enthusiasm and said the corns were so delicious. In response to the other woman, he gave the corns back and called them gross(in Spanish;the study was conducted in Argentina). After these interactions, the man left and an assistant holding the dog let the dog go. While many dogs didn’t approach either woman, the dogs that did have a preference tended to prefer the woman with the yummier(美味的) food.

Other studies of dogs’ people-watching ability have found dogs are able to tell the difference between happy and sad faces in their owners. They prefer people who give others food when asked over people who don’t give others food. And in one study, dogs turned toward crying people more often than toward talking people.

So how much do dogs really understand about the humans around them? That’s not totally settled yet. In a strange twist to the Argentine study above, when the researchers tried an experiment in which they put two plates of corns on a table and had a man react to each plate, dogs didn’t preferentially approach the tastier plate afterward. You could say dogs watch for the interaction between two persons, not just how a person reacts. Yet a previous study found dogs will choose boxes that people reacted to happily, but not boxes people reacted to with a disgusted face.

Well, either way, you can be sure Fluffs is keeping an eye on you, to the best of her ability. The study was published in the journal PLOS One.

1. What does the study mentioned in this passage show?

A. Dogs prefer yummier foods.

B. Dogs can read human actions and feelings.

C. Dogs can interact with humans easily.

D. Dogs like to copy human’s behavior.

2. What does the underlined word “gross” probably mean?

A. Healthy. B. Disgusting.

C. Yummy. D. Hot.

3. Which is one of the procedures of the Argentine study?

A. The man had different reactions to the food received.

B. One of the women didn’t give the food to the man.

C. The assistant accompanied the dogs to get the food.

D. Many dogs went to one of the women.

4.What can be concluded from Paragraph 4?

A. Interactions between two persons confuse dogs.

B. Dogs never understand the reaction of one person.

C. The findings of some studies are controversial.

D. Dogs have good interactions with one another.

Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live in, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it comes to education for their young ones. Choices include private school, charter school, public school or homeschooling.

Fortunately for parents, there are a variety of different strategies that they can take in order to increase their child’s overall intelligence. According to Ross A. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, a child’s brain will actually reach 90% of its full size by the time they start kindergarten.

Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that playing a musical instrument directly affected the brain stem, the lower section of the brain. Moreover, children that learn an instrument at an early age tend to continue it when they are older. And numerous studies show that a well-balanced meal is essential for a child’s mental as well as physical health. Some other researchers recommended that a second language should be taught when children are in preschool. They state that three to four years of age is the perfect time and that any age under four would work perfectly fine for a child’s brain development.

The average child will learn how to read between kindergarten and second grade. Many parents can give their children a jump start by teaching them to read before they start school. Children could have an adequate background of the alphabet and sounds of words before attending school. This can be done by simply reading to them whenever you want. The more comfortable they get, the easier the process will be.

1.From the first paragraph, we can infer that _________.

A. parents have more choices in offering education to their kids

B. parents find it hard to satisfy their kids’ various demands

C. parents meet many challenges when raising their kids

D. parents get actively involved in the process of their kids’ growth

2.What suggestion may the researchers in the passage make?

A. To train kids as early as possible.

B. To try as many means as possible.

C. To help kids develop as fully as possible.

D. To use as many available resources as possible.

3.What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?

A. The effective ways to help develop children’s brains.

B. The proper time to teach children to learn languages.

C. The vital factors to have a great effect on children’s health.

D. The practical steps to arouse children’s interest in study.

4.We can replace the words “jump start” in the last paragraph with _________.

A. Inspiration B. Introduction

C. Suggestion D. promotion

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