Home on the way People need homes: children assume their parents’ place as home;boarders call school “home”on weekdays;married couples work together to build new homes;and travellers have no place to call “home”,at least for a few nights.

1.       ? Don’t they have the right to a home? Of course they do.

  Some regular travellers take their own belongings :like bed sheets,pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are;some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants;2.       .Furthermore,driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home -only mobile!

  And how about keeping relationships while in transit? 3.      some send letters and postcards,or even pho tos;others may just call and say hi,just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travellers feel more or less at home.

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  Nowadays,fewer people are working in their local towns,so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries,there is always another w homewaiting to be found.5.      ,we can make the place we stay at “home”.

   A. Hostels provide a clean safe place to stay while you are travelling the world

   B. others may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely

   C. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends,even closer than siblings (手足)

   D. So how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time

   E. No matter where you go in the world,hotels are there,too

   F. Some keep contact with their friends via Internet

   G. Wherever we are,with just a little bit of effort and imagination

  I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 1        Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought ,“What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 2      ?” Just when I started to 3        that there would not be a Christmas gift that year,three women 4        at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5       that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 6       Somebody had thought 7        of me to bring me a gift.

  Years later,when I stood in the kitchen of my new house,thinking how I wanted to make my 8        Christmas there special and memorable,I 9        remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10        for as many children as I could possibly reach.

  So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child,we wrapped colourful packages filled with toys,clothes,and school supplies,12       with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13      . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts,I 14        them that they couldn’t open their presents 15        every child had come forward. Finally the 16        they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One,two,three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages,their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17        up the room. The 18        in the room was obvious,and 19        wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew 20        that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

(   ) 1. A. sending   B. receiving

       C. making   D. exchanging

(   ) 2. A. found   B. prepared

       C. got   D. expected

(   ) 3. A. doubt   B. hope

       C. suggest   D. accept

(   ) 4. A. broke in   B. settled down

      C. turned up   D. showed off

(   ) 5. A. relief   B. loss

       C. achievement   D. justice

(   ) 6. A. blamed   B. loved

      C. forgotten   D. affected

(   ) 7. A. highly   B. little

       C. poorly   D. enough

(   ) 8. A. present   B. first

      C. recent   D. previous

(   ) 9. A. hardly   B. instantly

       C. regularly   D. occasionally

(   ) 10. A. strength   B. independence

   C. importance   D. safety

(   ) 11. A. kept up with   B. caught up with

       C. came up with   D. put up with

(   ) 12. A. none   B. few

       C. some   D. each

(   ) 13. A. fine   B. special

       C. helpful   D. normal

(   ) 14. A. reminded   B. guaranteed

       C. convinced   D. promised

(   ) 15. A. after   B. until

       C. when   D. since

(   ) 16. A. chance   B. gift

       C. moment   D. reward

(   ) 17. A. lit   B. took

       C. burned   D. cheered

(   ) 18. A. atmosphere   B. sympathy

       C. calmness   D. joy

(   ) 19. A. it   B. such

       C. something   D. everybody

(   ) 20. A. by   B. till

       C. for   D. from

  If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you,then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives,after all.1.        So challenge the following limits:

  1. Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.

  If you’re a salesman,and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone,now,instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail,spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call.2. But don’t stop on the first try!Eventually,you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on,I’m not scared!”

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  Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career;you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking,sewing,painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself,taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.

  3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.

  4.        A simple 9-minute run around your neighbourhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight,but also make you feel better about yourself.

  4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.

Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travellers—try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class.5.     

   A. You should do it continuously.

   B. Someone may hang up on you.

   C. You don’t need to go to the gym.

   D. Running in the gym may be a better choice.

   E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.

   F. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop.

   G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone.

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