My family suffered a lot three years ago when my father died in a car accident. It my mother, two younger brothers and me alone.

At that time, I was in a senior high school. As the eldest son, I had no choice but to of school and work in a factory. Life went on without any wonder. I dared not ask for more and just thought about my two brothers. However, it wasn’t easy, for I couldn’t their tuition (学费) even if I worked from day to nigh t without rest. I also had to look after my sick mother. I wanted to go back to school, but it seemed to be an impractical idea, since I needed to work to support my family.

A thread of appeared during those gloomy (阴暗的)days. It was a rainy dusk when I went outside into the rain and walked in the street. Suddenly the rain stopped! I raised my head, and found that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then I heard a deep voice say, “Why not without an umbrella?” It was a one-legged man, “If you run, you won’t get so wet.” His words me deeply. Without my father’s protection, was I only a slave to fate﹙命运﹚?

While walking with him in the rain, I knew that his dream was once by an accident. He was glad that he didn’t lose and still “ran” on the road of life. Facing this guy, I had no pity, but admiration.

Inspired by his , I went to a city in the south and became an insurance representative. After two years’ “running”, I got somewhere and my family situation became better . I went back to school and eventually succeeded in being admitted to a university.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! When you run out of the season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you.

1.A. left B. carried C. had D. forced

2.A. take out B. drop out C. make out D. jump out

3.A. bringing in B. taking away C. bringing up D. taking over

4.A. receive B. realize C. manage D. afford

5.A. chance B. need C. hope D. money

6.A. drive B. walk C. travel D. run

7.A. shocked B. puzzled C. discouraged D. hurt

8.A. burnt B. accepted C. ruined D. discovered

9.A. face B. heart C. sight D. control

10.A. images B. achievements C. signs D. remarks

11.A. simply B. gradually C. normally D. immediately

12.A. rainy B. cloudy C. sunny D. windy

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

I think I’m one of the luckiest people in the world because of the time I’m able to spend with young people who are not afraid to show their excitement and zest for life. , I would prefer a person with passion and enthusiasm to a person with and talent any day of the week. You can teach and develop skills, you cannot develop a love of life and an optimistic attitude. These are of a person and appear at all times during work or play. Furthermore, they are traits that one is born with and they will never them.

As a and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor, I too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitude towards and indeed life itself!

, society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much or thought into their work. Whenever I come across such people— or old, I’m reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the . The boy filled his mostly with moss(苔藓) and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked . But the next morning, he found the blueberry pie which his mother for him was moss.

So , whether you are in school or , if you have enthusiasm and if you are to put in consistent effort along with passion, you will receive the . If, on the other hand, you are and prefer to take short-cuts, you should not expect to achieve the same results.

1.A. Obviously B. Personally C. Luckily D. Quickly

2.A. skills B. ideas C. kindness D. courage

3.A. or B. for C. but D. if

4.A. choices B. requests C. appearances D. characters

5.A. use B. deserve C. lose D. cherish

6.A. journalist B. doctor C. colleague D. teacher

7.A. search for B. come across C. care aboutD. depend on

8.A. learning B. donating C. speaking D. greeting

9.A. Eventually B. Unfortunately C. Hopefully D. Perfectly

10.A. equipment B. information C. effort D. possession

11.A. innocentB. young C. poor D. stupid

12.A. woods B. corner C. park D. market

13.A. mouth B. pan C. basketball D. hand

14.A. delicious B. beautiful C. clean D. full

15.A. collected B. baked C. kept D. bought

16.A. promise B. guess C. remember D. look

17.A. in danger B. in distance C. in hospital D. at work

18.A. willing B. confident C. proud D. careful

19.A. crop B. trust C. votes D. rewards

20.A. lazy B. busy C. curious D. stubborn

After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English of course a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into bad luck.

1.The author decided to take the subway because ________.

A.he lived near the city center

B.the network covered most of the stops

C.he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

D.he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2.Having been shown the room card, the young man_________.

A.understood the author well

B.still remained puzzled

C.answered the author directly

D.pointed at the subway map

3.Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A.helpful B.rude

C.warmhearted D.caring

4.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is mainly to ________.

A.prove the importance of being careful

B.appreciate the kindness of the young man

C.complain some cultural misunderstanding

D.describe one of his adventurous experiences

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