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A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and __________ advice.

Listening to her, the older woman__________ the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could___________ ease her pain, but she could teach.

Then, she said. “There are__________ things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, Take your best __________ pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then, ___________ the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through, ___________ to me. If you’ve done the first thing _________, I’ll tell you the second.”

The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore, ___________ the pillows were very___________ to her and very expensive.

All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were ___________. The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the__________ streets, ___________ that there was something she could do to put things __________ the way they once were. Finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.

She was exhausted but __________,thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.

“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and ___________ your pillows. Then everything will be as it was before.”

The young woman was stunned, “You know that’s impossible! The wind__________ each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! If this is the second __________, then things will never be the same.”

“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once __________, no amount of effort, regardless how heartfelt or sincere, can ever return them to your mouth. __________your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”

1.A. asked B. asked for C. asked to D. ask around

2.A. witnessed B. touched C. guessed D. sensed

3.A. ever B. almost C. never D. seldom

4.A. one B. two C. three D. four

5.A. feather B. leather C. woolen D. cotton

6.A. when B. after C. as D. before

7.A. come back B. go back C. put back D. draw back

8.A. promptly B. suddenly C. completely D. unfortunately

9.A. so as to B. even though C. now that D. in spite of

10.A. hard B. awful C. nice D. dear

11.A. freezed B. freezingly C. froze D. frozen

12.A. brightened B. widened C. darkened D. broadened

13.A. amazing B. lucky C. thankful D. surprising

14.A. on B. up C. off D. back

15.A. tired B. relieved C. regretful D. nervous

16.A. refill B. get C. purchase D. seek

17.A. blew up B. blew on C. blew away D. blew over

18.A. requirement B. situation C. consequence D. circumstance

19.A. speak B. spoken C. speaking D. being spoken

20.A.Talk B. Guide C. Keep D. Choose

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so to me and had such a big on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to my own Cancer experience ?

I’m an ambitious , and when I started going through chemo( 化疗 ),even though I’m a very ________ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the . One day, while waiting to go in for , I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in hand. Another patient what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me ________ he had one of his books with me as well. It ________ that among other things, he was an eighty—year---old writer. He was ________ a published author, and he was currently ________ on a new book.

We would see each other at various times and ________ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a ( n ) ________ of Dr. Berline. He really put a ________ on my face. He unfortunately ________ last year due to his cancer, ________ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the ________ to pick up my pen again. I ________ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I. ”

1.A.ideas B.tastes C.notes D.memories

2.A.amazing B.shocking C.amusing D.strange

3.A. strike B. push C. challenge D. impact

4.A. learn from B. get through C. go over D. refer to

5.A. reader B. writer C. editor D. doctor

6.A. honest B. agreeable C. humorous D. positive

7.A. state B. position C. mood D. way

8.A. advice B. reference C. protection D. treatment

9.A. viewed B. knew C. noticed D. wondered

10.A. because B. while C. although D. providing

11.A. came out B. turned out C. proved out D. worked out

12.A. naturally B. merely C. hopefully D. actually

13.A. deciding B. investing C. relying D. working

14.A. became B. helped C. missed D. visited

15.A. patient B. operator C. fan D. publisher

16.A. smile B. sign C. mark D. mask

17.A. showed up B. passed away C. fell down D. set off

18.A. since B. but C. so D. for

19.A. guidance B. trust C. opportunity D. inspiration

20.A. promised B. swore C. replied D. thought

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