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You had better learn to be grateful. If you are grateful, you naturally . yourself up to receive all kinds of blessings and good things in life. You can receive almost everything you want .If you want recovery soon, start by feeling grateful that you are still .If it is more money that you want,start being grateful for whatever of money you already have.

You see,showing gratitude(感恩) is the key to every thing in life.It is the key to successful relationships,it is the key to successful futures and it is the key to healthier and happier lives.And this is where the importance of being grateful lies. ,it makes life better.

One of my favorite is “If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have,you will find yourself having more to appreciate.” Think about that!

Something as as a “Thank you for being in my life” or “I having you here with me”,can go a long way. It will make the other person feel good, and it also will make you feel better!

So maybe your wife is not very around the house, but she’s great at cooking your favorite .Or, maybe your child milk all over your new shirt right before you walked out the door for work, but usually he makes you laugh so much and makes you the luckiest parent in the world.

I strongly you to make a promise to yourself for the next week. Decide to .every morning and think of at least 5 things that you are .for. Then say them out loud. You will notice a smile on your face without even . .In 30 days you will feel completely renewed. This is the .of being grateful!

1.A. open B. make C. stand D. take

2.A. easily B. correctly C. truly D. clearly

3.A. lovely B. alive C. lively D. living

4.A. amount B. number C. kind D. plenty

5.A. terrible B. negative C. positive D. confusing

6.A. leading B. taking C. enjoying D. looking

7.A. Therefore B. Besides C. Anyway D. In a word

8.A. mottos B. rules C. habits D. word

9.A. pleasant B. wonderful C. short D. moving

10.A. want B. look forward to C. appreciate D. would like

11.A. for sure B. in general C. instead of D. in addition

12.A. lazy B. beautiful C. careless D. organized

13.A. vegetables B. dishes C. beef D. drinks

14.A. painted B. stopped C. spilled D. threw

15.A. become of B. feel like C. act as D. look like

16.A. persuade B. advise C. demand D. suggest

17.A. dress up B. make up C. get up D. wake up

18.A. grateful B. concerned C. anxious D. upset

19.A. pretending B. looking C. trying D. smiling

20.A. disadvantage B. power C. award D. consequences

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Deed a Day

It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ____ we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit ____ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy ____,thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线).We had become too ____ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ____ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ___ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our____. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy.However,it was actually ____ than it seemed because it had to be something ____ what we had already done.Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ____.

We had a rough ____.On some days,someone would forget to ____ a good deed,while on other days,we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary.After a few weeks though,I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ____ what good deed I could do for someone that day.My daughters began to rush to me after school to ___ me the good deed they had done.

Now,after a year,I am happy to say that it is making a(n) ____ in our lives.Instead of always ____ what the day will bring for us,we think about what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so

17 ? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ____ by giving to someone else from your heart.The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in ____.So,when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive ___.

1.A. though B. unless C. before D. while

2.A. annoyed B. puzzled C. embarrassed D. frightened

3.A. shoulder B. stomach C. foot D. heart

4.A. absorbed B. interested C. confident D. successful

5.A. repeat B. relate C. refocus D. recall

6.A. kindness B. task C. job D. copy

7.A. room B. home C. school D. town

8.A. stranger B. sweeter C. harder D. bigger

9.A. beyond B. from C. about D. between

10.A. matter B. count C. last D. happen

11.A. time B. life C. start D. idea

12.A. praise B. check C. record D. do

13.A. describe B. decide C. remember D. explain

14.A. bring B. teach C. offer D. tell

15.A. effort B. choice C. difference D. fortune

16.A. forgetting B. believing C. knowing D. wondering

17.A. tiring B. moving C. surprising D. rewarding

18.A. experience B. imagine C. predict D. exchange

19.A. silence B. return C. time D. order

20.A. effect B. bonus C. attitude D. Contribution

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy.My history teacher—Mr.Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty(淘气的)in his class.By the end of the first semester, I’d had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge(报复)on him.

The opportunity arose one morning when Mr.Oven was called to the office for a certain reason.While Mr.Oven left, my company Billy and I took Mr.Oven’s lunch bag from under his desk.I opened his sandwich and placed a worm(虫子) in between the two slices of bread.We put it back and closed it.To keep it in memory, Billy took photos of the whole process.We laughed for weeks over this.

Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break.Billy’s mother found the pictures in his room, and demanded that he should tell her where these pictures were from.Billy told his mother the whole story, and Mr.Oven was informed.Not only was I punished from school for two weeks, but also I was kicked off the football and basketball team.Before I could return to school, I had to turn in a 1000-word essay on what I did and why I did that.I really felt embarrassed every time I saw Mr.Oven in the hallway for the rest of the school year.I felt a little regret that Mr.Oven left our school the next year.

1.Mr.Oven criticized me a lot because________.

A.I didn’t go to his class

B.I was naughty in my homework

C.I didn’t answer his questions

D.I disobeyed his rules in class

2.How can you imagine Mr.Oven would act when he had his lunch?

A.He would cry out, shocked that the worm lay in his sandwich.

B.He would eat it as usual when he had his sandwich.

C.He would be glad to eat his delicious sandwich with the worm.

D.He would be very hungry when he found the worm in his sandwich.

3.The underlined sentence “Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break.” in Paragraph 3 probably means________.

A.Billy and I went south during Thanksgiving break.

B.All the students left on Thanksgiving break.

C.All the students went south on Thanksgiving break.

D.It was not until Thanksgiving break ended that the secret was let out.

4.Which one was NOT true according to the article?

A.He had to eat the sandwich he had made for Mr.Oven.

B.He was kicked off the football and basketball team.

C.He had to be punished to leave school for two weeks.

D.He had to write a 1000-word essay to admit his mistake.

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A good heart to lean on

When I was growing up, I was to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled(瘸) and very short, and when we walked together, his hand to my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly(内心)feel uncomfortable at the unwanted , he never on.

I was difficult to coordinate(协调) our ---his halting(蹒跚),mine impatient-- -and because of that, we didn’t much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “you set the pace. I will try to you.”

Our walk was to or from the subway, which was he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would it to the office even if others could not.

He never talked about himself as an of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more or able. What he looked for others was a “good heart”.

Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper by which to judge people, even though I don’t know precisely what a “ good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.

He has been many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he my reluctance(unwillingness) to be seen with him during our .If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how I it. I think of him I complain about trifles(轻视), when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.

At such ties I put my hand on his arm to my balance, and say, “You the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

1.A. embarrassing B. embarrassed C. willing D. surprised

2.A. attention B. situation C. friendship D. care

3.A. let B. liked C. found D. showed

4.A. bodies B. eyes C. minds D. steps

5.A. see B. say C. walk D. pay

6.A. adjust B. keep C. catch D. follow

7.A. usual B. often C. ordinary D. common

8.A. when B. where C. why D. how

9.A. get B. make C. walk D. take

10.A. aim B. object C. person D. purpose

11.A. successful B. fortunate C. hardworking D. rich

12.A. in B. with C. at D. on

13.A. method B. level C. value D. standard

14.A. missing B. gone C. loss D. died

15.A. agreed B. smelled C. sensed D. recognized

16.A. stays B. talks C. visits D. walks

17.A. thought B. annoy C. regretted D. recall

18.A. when B. that C. since D. though

19.A. regain B. keep C. fill D. find

20.A. take B. run C. put D. set

Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Even since she was a young girl, she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn’t changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor’s degree (BA) in English and her teaching certificate. Then she went to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. Blake takes more classes; she hopes to get a master’s degree ( MA ). With an MA, she will receive a higher salary and if possible, she hopes to get a doctor’s degree as well. The school day at Mrs. Blake’s high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into one hour each. Mrs. Blake must teach five of these periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 P.M, Mrs. Blake must meet with parents, make out examinations, check assignments at all, Mrs. Blake works continuously from the time she arrives at school in the morning till the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.

1.How long is it since Mrs. Blake graduated from high school?

A. four years B. eight years

C. twenty years D. twelve years

2.According to the article, which is the right order of the degrees a person can receive after going to university?

A. a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree – a doctor’s degree

B.a doctor’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree

C. a master’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree

D. a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree – a master’s degree

3.How many degrees has Mrs. Blake achieved so far?

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

4.Which of the following sentences is not true?

A. Mrs. Blake has turned her wish of becoming a teacher into reality.

B. Mrs. Blake teaches in the inner area of big city on the east of the United States.

C. Mrs. Blake is still studying in her holidays in order to get higher degrees.

D. The working hours in the school where Mrs. Blake works are similar to those

of many other high schools in the states.

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