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In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was __________ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small incident made me change my mind.

One day my two-?year-?old son, ___________ at a dozen of “stood” color marker?pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ball?pens, __________ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ball?pens just lay ___________. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said _________, “Mummy can’t help you.” To my _________, he wouldn’t listen and continued trying. I was struck by his persistence.

My son’s behaviour reminded me of George who was always _________in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, _________, there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __________ about him and __________us to look up to him as a role model.

One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight?”

“Probably can't leave till midnight,” he said.

“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety?”

“__________.”

“Don’t you have time to be with your family at all?”

He shook his head slowly and __________ a sigh. “It’s not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It’s much too ___________ to even think about letting go.”

A year later I resigned. The _________ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I’ve never seen him. But occasionally his aged __________ would come to my mind.

Until that day, __________ knowing why the ball?pens couldn’t stand up, the two?year?old had _________the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ball?pens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. _________, he already learned to let go of his previous ___________ attempts.

In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to _________ them and then let go of them immediately.

1.A. convinced B. confident C. conscious D. consistent

2.A. shouting B. pointing C. screaming D. laughing

3.A. intending B. insisting C. requiring D. urging

4.A. still B. silent C. quiet D. flat

5.A. deliberately B. enthusiastically C. casually D. unintentionally

6.A. content B. disappointment C. surprise D. sorrow

7.A. buried B. interested C. devoted D. busy

8.A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. though

9.A. little B. well C. much D. highly

10.A. ordered B. inspired C. promised D. appealed

11.A. At random B. At times C. At most D. At least

12.A. let out B. let off C. sent off D. sent out

13.A. encouraging B. comfortable C. painful D. ashamed

14.A. later B. last C. latter D. lately

15.A. picture B. figure C. reflection D. image

16.A. for B. with C. without D. besides

17.A. accepted B. received C. refused D. rejected

18.A. Generally B. Eventually C. Additionally D. Obviously

19.A. hopeful B. endless C. meaningful D. useless

20.A. clarify B. realize C. identify D. acknowledge

It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and started socializing with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.

German troops held up Christmas trees with signs “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.

Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that their power was being challenged: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 the socializing movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation. Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.

Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce(休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “ Christmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce, several times and was stunned by his listeners’ response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it describes.

You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really can be different.

1.The soldiers began socializing with the enemy because ______.

A. they couldn’t bear the meaningless killing.

B. it was the best way to avoid being killed.

B. they feared that they would be caught.

D. their enemies were from similar backgrounds.

2.How did the generals finally put an end to the soldiers’ socializing?

A. They sent the soldiers’ loved ones to prison.

B. They moved the two groups of soldiers further apart.

C. They increased the number of officers to control the soldiers.

D. They warned the soldiers that they would face severe punishment.

3.The underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “____”.

A. satisfied B. shocked C. amused D. confused

4.The author uses the story of the soldiers to imply that human beings ____.

A. are not trustworthy under stress.

B. are naturally aggressive and warlike

C. are basically caring and kind-hearted

D. will always do what is in their own self-interest

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。

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Real-life Room Escape Games

Real-life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use the things in the room to settle a series of puzzles, find clues, and escape the room within a set time limit.

The games are based on- Escape the Room video games, such as Crimson Room and QP-Shot, created by TAKAGISM Inc. by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2005, in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore his or her surroundings in order to escape. 1. Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies. Real-life room escape games are becoming popular in the United States, Japan, and China. 2. For example, some games require you escape prison cells while others require you escape space stations.

3. Soon, they were exported to North America, Asia and Australia. Examples include the two pioneer companies Hint Hunt and Adventure Rooms.

The games were so successful that new locations began opening up across China, in cities big and small, according to Want China Times. In the southern city of Shenzhen, for example, the first escape game location opened last August. 4. “These real-life escape games can help those who stay at home on their computers and iPads all day to experience real social circles,” Tian Xiaochuan, who owns two room escape game stores in Jinan, told Want China Times.

Earlier this year, The South China Morning Post said the real-life escape games are a hit among “highly stressed students and overworked young professionals.” 5. Some players get so involved that they tear down equipment or decorations inside their “prisons”, as Zhu Yumeng, chief operating officer of Beijing room escape game store Taoquan told China Daily.

A. Each game adds local themes to settings.

B. And seven new game locations quickly followed.

C. They should also be brave enough to face their fears.

D. Sometimes the excitement becomes a bit much, though.

E. Weekend or day event escape games have been held in some stores.

F. Permanent real life escape games in a fixed location were first opened in Europe.

G. Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the room.

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